Monday, June 23, 2014

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Development Of Design And Hydraulic Analysis Software

By Kenya Campos


Design and scrutiny of hydraulic structures is vital as it helps in checking of a future hydraulic system or a system that is in existence already to identify if there is any modification or a full substitution that is needed. It helps to recognize if there could be any problems like floods when development schemes are developed like constructing of roads. This inspection should be very exact since its something that involves well-being hence the growth of this design and hydraulic analysis software which assists to make the job easier and exact.

It is necessary that this analysis be done when the project is still in its first phase. Hydrological engineers should always be hired to carry out this task especially when there is the need for the installation of hydrological inputs. With the presence of the engineer, the project manager can be able to point out some factors that can eventually affect the cost and period for the whole project.

These elements may include things such as floodway regulatory program obligatory constraints, disposal of some drain structures that are insufficient and may want to be changed, prospects that will avoid full replacement of the whole system and future or current projects on different sites and may disturb the scheme they are currently working on.

The appraisal and design of drainage systems usually involves a general procedure. All the procedures contain some common factors and others that vary in different projects. The basic factors that make up the common factors in most of procedures may include surveying of the current characteristics, estimation of characteristics that may arise in the future, requirements, project criteria, constraints and other things.

The nature and scope of a hydraulic assessment and design varies with the type of project that is being undertaken and also the hydrologic setting of the whole project. Some projects may require just a minor alteration or repair while others require a full hydrologic assessment.

The use the plan and analysis softwares is approved by FEMA for the normal depth calculations and also the establishments of elevations of base floods. The softwares especially those that are in the simple model can be very powerful in solving the hydrological problems in just a few minutes. They may vary in models but all of them surely make the work easier for the engineers. They can work on many projects simultaneously therefore saving energy and time.

The softwares are also equipped with advantage of configuration toolbars that allows the operators to create new working environments that will be supported by their work flows. They can also expand their hydrological toolbox by creating new work sheets to make the analysis easier.

In conclusion, it is clear that the analysis and design of a hydraulic system is very vital before the beginning of a particular project. Those engineers who ignore this part of project may risk the destruction of their project because of development of drainage structures that are inadequate leading to flooding. For better results the use of the new and better developed softwares is advisable for it will ensure that the results are more accurate.




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