InletSoft© 1.0

  InletSoft© is an inlet analysis program developed to evaluate the performance of inlets including curb, slot, grate, and combination inlets in both sump and continuous grade conditions. Grate inlets in trapezoidal ditches are also included. The program uses the methodology found in FHWA's HEC-22 - Urban Drainage Design Manual and supports both English and Metric units. A simple and easy to follow interface allows the user to quickly and efficiently input any inlet configuration and solve for a host of result parameters. While InletSoft© has been developed for application in all situations, special features have been added to facilitate inlet designs in the Commonwealth of Virginia and by the Virginia Department of Transportation [VDOT]. These include drainage design using VDOT's Drainage Manual, Design Standards and LD-204 print formats. Take a tour and you will appreciate the rich features that we built into the software.

 
 InletSoft© permits setting project databases in either English or Metric units. The user can invoke Intensity-Duration-Frequency [IDF] curves for any VA county to compute design discharge.
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 When an inlet type is selected, a drop-down menu helps in identifying VDOT Standard inlet types. One can also scroll through inlets already stored in the Database.
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 C ranges are given to help in the selection of Runoff Coefficients when computing drainage areas for different land uses. For sags, discharges from the right and left of the inlet can be separately computed.
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 Time of Concentration can be either directly input or computed using any of the four methods, namely, Overland Flow (E.E. Seeley - VDOT Modified), Overland Flow (Kirpich - VDOT Modified) Overland Flow (Kinematic Wave Formulation) and Gutter Flow methods.
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 Data entry for Inlet Characteristics is easy and user friendly. Once data is entered, the SOLVE button calculates the results of analysis.
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 Results of the inlet analysis are saved in the database. Compare these features make InletSoft© superior to the following software widely used by engineers: · HEC-12 · HEC-22 · Visual Urban.
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