With the purpose of enhancing the analysis and design of bioretention systems, the TC-Hydro model has been developed.
TC-Hydro is a tool developed in VBA language and can be applicable for the following bioretention system analysis:
- Design and Simulation of Bioretention Systems
- One-at-time Sensitivity Analysis
- Monte Carlo Simulations
- Design Optimization using Evolucionary Algorithm approach
- Critical rainfall duration assessment
- Box-plot hydrograph assessment
The software requires a license of Microsoft Excel 2013 or superior. The user has to enable editing and macros, as well as enabling the solver and developer add-ons for better performance.
Please, refer to the Supplementary Material for detailed information of the interfaces and equations used in the software.
Copyright (c) 2021-present Marcus Nóbrega and other contributors
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Developer: Marcus Nóbrega Gomes Júnior,
PhD. Student at University of Texas at San Antonio and University of São Paulo