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:-
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

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

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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