Determining the spill flow discharge of combined sewer overflows using rating curves based on computational fluid dynamics instead of the standard weir equation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3035-3043

  Fach, S ^a   Sitzenfrei, R ^a   Rauch, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calibration of urban drainage models; Combined sewer overflow (CSO); Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Rating curves; Spill flow discharge; Standard weir equation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMBINED SEWERS; DRAINAGE; FLOWMETERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; STANDARDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER LEVELS; WEIRS;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; FLOW DISCHARGES; RATING CURVE; URBAN DRAINAGE MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

STORM WATER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA SET; HYDROGRAPH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; RATING CURVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEWER NETWORK; SPILLWAY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER LEVEL; WEIR;

COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITY CONTROL; SANITATION; SEWER; SIMULATION; SPILLAGE; STANDARD WEIR EQUATION; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER STRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DRAINAGE, SANITARY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 77649227152     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.752     Document Type: Article

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