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The paper describes the development of a laboratory system in which the hydraulic performance of a double high side-weir storm water overflow chamber was tested under storm flood conditions. The unsteady discharge/time hydrograph was generated by a butterfly valve controlled by a microcomputer and the hydraulic performance of the chamber was monitored and recorded by a water level transmitter located at the downstream end of the overflow weirs.
A brief description of the overall concept of the system’s operation is followed by an outline of the hardware associated with the control of the valve and the principles governing its real time operation. Hardware components used include a CBM 8032 micro with printer, disk drives and plotter, Pupi interface, E/P transducer, air operated butterfly valve, rotary potentiometer and water level transmitter.
The paper also outlines the structure of the five major software programs which were developed to perform the following functions: calibrate the system; describe the storm profile; control of valve, analysis, display, printing and storage results; graphical output of data; and maintain a data base of test runs. The procedure for transfer of data between the program is also detailed.
The final part of the paper gives the results from a test run and shows how the solution of an engineering problem has been achieved successfully with the aid of a microcomputer.
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Delo, E.A., Saul, A.J. (1983). Micro Computer Controlled Laboratory Tests on a Storm Water Overflow Chamber. In: Adey, R.A. (eds) Engineering Software III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02335-8_10
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