ODobbins function

O'Conner Dobbins Surface Renewal Method for calculating Rearration Coeffiecient

O'Conner Dobbins Surface Renewal Method for calculating Rearration Coeffiecient

calculate reaeration coefficient with the O'Conner Dobbins method

ODobbins(vel, dep)

Arguments

  • vel: velocity in m/s
  • dep: depth in meters

Details

Surface Renewal

Returns

Reaeration Cofficient (1/d)

References

O'Connor, D. J., and W. E. Dobbins (1958). Mechanisms of reaeration in natural streams. Transactions of American Society of Civil Engineers, 123: 641-666.

Author(s)

Stephen A Sefick Jr.

Examples

#velocity 0.6 #depth 0.4572 ODobbins(0.6, 0.4572)