Pipe Connection represents a pipe with a circular cross-section. The flow routing through a Pipe Connection is described in Analysis of Junctions and Connections.
Parameters to specify:
Length, Slope, either Manning's n or Colebrook-White Roughness, Diameter/Base Width, see CConnections Inputs.
Upstream (US) Cover Level, Upstream Invert Level, Downstream (DS) Cover Level, Downstream Invert Level, Culvert Type and Culvert Entrance.
Entering a value for Manning's n or Colebrook-White Roughness will clear the value of the other. Manning's n is used by default.
If the Slope or Downstream Invert Level are changed by the user the other variable will be updated to match the slope.
If the Culvert Type is updated, the available Culvert Entrances are updated.
Automatic Setting of Levels
Where possible connection levels are automatically set from Surface Data, existing Stormwater Controls – SWC and existing Junctions. This is done following the rules below but can be overruled by the user. Where levels have been overruled by the user or by the Network Design procedure, the values will be shown in red to indicate they are no longer following the rules below and will not be automatically updated.
US Cover Level
- If the US coordinate is on a surface, then set the US Cover Level to be the surface level at the US coordinate (in the case of a Stormwater Control this may be at the location of an Inlet or Outlet).
- If the US coordinate is not on a surface (either a surface is not loaded or the US coordinate is not on a surface), then set the US Cover Level to the Cover Level of the upstream Manhole or the Exceedance Level of the upstream Stormwater Control.
DS Cover Level
- If the DS coordinate is on a surface, then set the DS Cover Level to be the surface Level value at the DS coordinate (in the case of a Stormwater Control this may be at the location of an Inlet or Outlet).
- If the DS coordinate is not on a surface (either a surface is not loaded or the DS coordinate is not on a surface), then set the DSCL to the Cover Level of the downstream Manhole or the Exceedance Level of the downstream Stormwater Control.
US Invert Level
- If the US item is a Simple Junction, the US Invert Level = US Cover Level – Network Design Min Cover Depth – pipe Diameter.
- If the US item is not a Simple Junction, the US Invert Level = the Invert Level of the upstream Manhole or the Base Level of the upstream Stormwater Control.
- If the Stormwater Control has an outlet that is not free discharge, then the outlet level is used instead.
DS Invert Level
- If the DS item is a Simple Junction, the DS Invert Level = DS Cover Level – Network Design Min Cover Depth – pipe Diameter.
- If the DS item is not a Simple Junction, the DS Invert Level = the Invert Level of the downstream Manhole or the Base Level of the downstream Stormwater Control.