Tailwater - Kleinschmidt

Connecting a River to an Off-channel Storage Area using a Lateral Structure

An off-channel storage area in HEC-RAS can be a very useful way to simulate flooding in interior areas, adjacent ponds and lakes, urban areas next to rivers, green storage, or just about any area that you expect to flood but will be better represented as ponded water versus actively conveying water. Connecting rivers to off-channel […]

Lateral Structure flows into Multiple Cross Sections

Written by Chris Goodell, P.E., D. WRE | WEST ConsultantsCopyright © RASModel.com. 2010. All rights reserved.Not sure if this will be changed for the soon-to-be-released version 4.1, but for now, the option to drop flow from a lateral structure into multiple cross sections is a little awkward. First thing you do is specify that you […]