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Four cross sectional areas are used in a link of SWMM 5

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Note:   Four   cross   sectional   areas  are used in a  link  of  SWMM   5 . The weighted hydraulic radius ( Rwtd ) is a function of the Froude Number of the  link  and the upstream and downstream hydraulic radius.  The Rwtd value is used in the computation of the friction slope or the dq1 term in the file dynamic.c dq1  = Time Step * RoughFactor / Rwtd ^1.333 * |Velocity| The weighted area ( Awtd ) is used in the dq2 term of the St. Venant equation:              dq2  = Time Step * Awtd * (Head Downstream – Head Upstream) /   Link  Length