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Robert Dickinson replied to Robert Dickinson's discussion How is the St Venant Equation Solved for in the Dynamic Wave Solution of SWMM 5?"Subject: Link Iterations in the SWMM 5 Dynamic Wave Solution
Each of the links in the SWMM 5 network can use up to 8 iterations to reach convergence during a time step in the dynamic wave solution of SWMM 5. The rules…"
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Robert Dickinson posted a discussionHow is the St Venant Equation Solved for in the Dynamic Wave Solution of SWMM 5?
Subject: How is the St Venant Equation Solved for in the Dynamic Wave Solution of SWMM 5? An explanation of the four St. Venant Terms in SWMM 5 and how they change for Gravity Mains and Force Mains. The HGL is the water surface elevation in the upstream and downstream nodes of the link. The HGL for a full link goes from the pipe crown elevation up to the rim elevation of the node + the surcharge depth of the node. The four terms are: dq2 = Time Step * Awtd * (Head Downstream – Head Upstream)…See More
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Force Main Friction Loss in InfoSWMM and the Transition from Partial to Full Flow
Subject: Force Main Friction Loss in InfoSWMM and the Transition from Partial to Full Flow
You can model Force Main friction loss in InfoSWMM using either Darcy Weisbach or Hazen Williams as the full pipe friction loss method (see Figure 1 for the…
Robert Dickinson's blog post was featuredSWMM 5 Precipitation Options
Subject: SWMM 5 Precipitation Options You can have design storms, monitored storms of any length of the time from minutes to centuries, use intensity, volume or cumulative precipitation, use both rainfall and snowfall in the same rain gage depending on temperature, use both time series or external files for the rain gage and have unlimited rain gages with the limitation of one rain gage per subcatchment. …See More
Robert Dickinson posted a blog postSWMM 5 Precipitation Options
Subject: SWMM 5 Precipitation Options You can have design storms, monitored storms of any length of the time from minutes to centuries, use intensity, volume or cumulative precipitation, use both rainfall and snowfall in the same rain gage depending on temperature, use both time series or external files for the rain gage and have unlimited rain gages with the limitation of one rain gage per subcatchment. …See More
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Robert Dickinson commented on Robert Dickinson's group Water Quality"Hi MeHa, Here is one good source of data, I also have the SWMM 5 models for the USGS areas.
http://www.1000friendsofflorida.org/pubs/stmarksgreen/apend4.asp
http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/78-324/ofr-78-324.pdf
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Peak Flows After Reopening an Orifice.
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Hello Members,
In this network network_00.zip, the orifice is closed and then reopened. The very moment it is reopened, you observe that there is a sudden peak raise in the flow through it. I would attribute this peak to;
- water surging, but this peak looks to high compared to the raise that I would expect.
- numerical instability in the system when the orifice is reopened, but since I am using a hotstart file I find it hard to believe this.
If any one out there could be having an idea on what the cause(s) of this sudden peak raise is (are), please let's share it (the idea).
Cheers.
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Hi, When you open up the orifice there is a large head difference between the upstream and downstream ends of the orifice - the large head difference is the cause of the spike. See the two images below:
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You can also see this if you save the results every 1 second and plot the heads and the flows - the head difference drives the flows
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