ILSAX

ILSAX

ILSAX is a public domain MS-DOS program developed from the South African ILLUDAS-SA program, which was itself a development of the American ILLUDAS program and the British Transport and Road Research Method (known as the TRRL or RRL model). It was developed by Geoffrey O’Loughlin from 1982 onwards, and was released in a version for PCs in 1986. ILSAX has been employed widely in Australia.

ILSAX was a major source for the DRAINS program, and DRAINS reproduces and improves upon methods used in ILSAX.  ILSAX is no longer supported by Geoffrey O'Loughlin. The program and its manual can be obtained by contacting Geoffrey on geoff.oloughlin@gmail.com. 

References:

  1. O'Loughlin, G. (1993) The ILSAX Program for Urban Stormwater Drainage Design and Analysis (User's Manual for Microcomputer Version V2.13), Civil Engineering Monograph 93/1, University of Technology, Sydney
  2. O’Loughlin, G.G. (1991) ILSIN – a Data Entry and Editing Program for ILSAX Files (User’s Manual for Version V1.1), School of Civil Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney
  3. Terstriep, M.L. and Stall, J.B. (1974) The Illinois Urban Drainage Area Simulator ILLUDAS, Bulletin 58, Illinois State Water Survey, Urbana
  4. U.K. Transport and Road Research Laboratory (1963) A Guide for Engineers to the Design of Storm Sewer Systems, Road Note 35, 2nd Edition (1976), HMSO, London
  5. Watkins, L.H. (1962) The Design of Urban Sewer Systems Research into the Relation between Rate of Rainfall and Rate of Flow in Sewers, Technical Paper No. 5, U.K. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, Road Research Laboratory
  6. Watson, M.D. (1981) Application of ILLUDAS to Stormwater Drainage Design in South Africa, Report 1/81, Hydrological Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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