Sewage Pipe Hydraulics & Invert Design

Non-full circular sewage pipe by Manning (UPVC n=0.009): velocity & capacity, automatic diameter selection with too-slow/too-big/too-small checks, and successive invert-elevation derivation.

No. Length L (m) Local Q (L/s) Through Q (L/s) Design Q (L/s) Diameter D (mm) Fill h/D Slope i Velocity v (m/s) Wet area A (m²) Hyd. radius R (m) Capacity Q (L/s) Drop ΔH (m) Invert ↑ (m) Invert ↓ (m) Water ↑ (m) Water ↓ (m)
Max velocity
m/s
Min velocity
m/s
Design flow ΣQ
L/s
Capacity ΣQ
L/s

θ = acos(1−2·h/D). Wet area A = (θ − √(4t−2t²)·(1−2t))·D²/4 when t<0.5, or (π − θ + √(4t−2t²)·(1−2t))·D²/4 when t>0.5; hydraulic radius R = A/(θ·D/1000); velocity v = R^(2/3)·√i/n. Capacity (L/s) = v·A·1000; verdict: 1 < vA/E < 1.1 ok, >1.1 too big, <1 too small. Invert: start of row n = terminal of row n−1 + (D₋₁−D)·0.001; water surface = invert + h/D·D·0.001. Max fill 0.55 (200–300), 0.65 (350–450), 0.7 (500–900), 0.75 (≥1000).