Windows 8 Compatibility Issues

If you are a Windows 8 user and you are having trouble getting HEC-RAS Version 5.0 beta to work, Window’s Program Compatibility Troubleshooter may solve the problem.  Problems usually arise when pressing the compute button.  One common message that pops up is “Error starting process. Steady file not found.”  The Program Compatibility Troubleshooter will fix […]

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My Unsteady HEC-RAS Model is Unstable…Why?

This question (or some variation of it) comes up quite a bit on The RAS Solution:  “I have an unsteady flow model.  When I run it, it goes completely unstable.  What is causing this?”  Many times a screen shot of the computation window with the dreaded “red bar” is attached. While the person asking the […]

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