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Conduits are links that represent pipes or channels that move water from one node to another in the model.

A number of conduit types can be defined in the Conduit Type field, though this has no bearing on the analysis results.

The types are defined as follows:

1.Pipe

2.Culvert

3.Channel

4.Canal

5.Stream

6.River

7.Rising_Main

The conduit shape used by the SWMM analysis engine is defined in the Shape field. A number of predefined cross-sections exist and are as following:

1.CIRCULAR

2.FORCE_MAIN

3.FILLED_CIRCULAR

4.RECT_CLOSED

5.RECT_OPEN

6.TRAPEZOIDAL

7.TRIANGULAR

8.HORIZ_ELLIPSE

9.VERT_ELLIPSE

10.ARCH

11.PARABOLIC

12.POWER

13.RECT_TRIANGULAR

14.RECT_ROUND

15.MODBASKETHANDLE

16.EGG

17.HORSESHOE

18.GOTHIC

19.CATENARY

20.SEMIELLIPTICAL

21.BASKETHANDLE

22.SEMICIRCULAR

23.IRREGULAR

24.CUSTOM