BOX GUTTER AND RAIN WATER HEAD DESIGN TO AS/NZS 3500.3: 2015 | |||||
Design Storm Intensity | I | = | mm/hr | ||
Horizontal catchment area | Ah | = | sq.m | ||
Roof slope | S | = | degrees | ||
from AS 3500 fig 3.3(a), Vertical Area | Av | = | |||
= | 127.5 | sq.m | |||
from eqn 3.4.3(1), Catchment Area | Ac | = | Ah+0.5*Av | ||
= | sq.m | ||||
Flow | Q | = | I*Ac/3600 | Litres/sec | |
= | Litres/sec | ||||
Note: Flow exceeds Code Requirement of 16L/s. Therefore using formulas developed by CSIRO
Division of Building Research. Technical Paper No 1. By K.G.Martin. Using:- |
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Flow | Q | = | 50 | Litres/sec | |
Gutter Slope | 1 | in | |||
Gutter Width | W | = | mm | ||
CSIRO (eqn 5) Gutter water Depth with no slope adjustment | d | = | mm | ||
Applying slope adjustment (fig 3). Water depth | d | = | mm | ||
adding freeboard. Minimum Box Gutter Depth | D | = | mm | ||
Rain Water Head Calculations |
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Selected down pipe size | dia | = | mm | ||
from CSIRO appendix IV and Eqn 8 Depth RWH | = | mm | |||
from CSIRO appendix IV and Fig 4 Length RWH | = | mm | |||
Rain water Head Width | = | mm | |||
Summary |
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Down Pipe Size | = | mm | |||
Box Gutter Width | = | mm | |||
Box gutter minimum Depth | = | mm | |||
Rain Water Head Depth | = | mm | |||
Rain Water Head Length | = | mm | |||
Rain Water Head Width | = | mm | |||
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