A Practical Introduction to 2D River Modelling in HEC-RAS

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Nick Wallerstein

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1 - Introduction

1 - Introduction.mp4

20:13

2 - Course Download Material.mp4

01:40

2 - Muncie-flows-as-MS-Excel-file.xlsx

2 - muncie2dmodel.zip

2 - muncieusgsgrid.zip

2 - muncie-dtm.zip

2 - muncie-flows-as-text-file.zip

3 - HECRAS Installation.mp4

06:57

4 - Creating a New Project.mp4

04:52

2 - Creating a Terrain Model and Mannings n Layers

5 - Uploading a Projection File.mp4

04:55

6 - Uploading a Terrain Model.mp4

10:53

7 - Importing Geometry Data.mp4

08:30

8 - Creating Bank Lines.mp4

04:48

9 - Creating a New Terrain Layer.mp4

05:02

10 - Adding Map Data.mp4

03:29

11 - Creating a Mannings n Layer.mp4

05:10

12 - Mannings n Values and Classification Polygons.mp4

05:57

13 - Creating a User Defined Mannings Layer.mp4

04:52

3 - Building a 2D Geometry Layer

14 - 2D Perimeter Creation.mp4

11:24

15 - Geometry Editing Tools.mp4

07:09

16 - 2D Area Mesh Updates and Hydraulic Properties.mp4

04:18

17 - Breaklines.mp4

06:55

18 - Refinement Regions.mp4

05:21

19 - Mannings n Calibration Regions.mp4

04:48

20 - Managing Associations.mp4

02:01

21 - Cell Generation and Hydraulic Properties Tables.mp4

03:55

4 - Building a Lateral Structure

22 - Lateral Structure 1.mp4

06:45

23 - Lateral Structure 2.mp4

05:28

24 - Lateral Structure 1 Data.mp4

11:22

25 - Lateral Structure 2 Data.mp4

06:25

5 - Usteady Flow Data Computation Setup and Calculation Options

26 - Unsteady Flow Data Entry.mp4

11:41

27 - Unsteady Flow Computation Setup.mp4

10:59

28 - Calculation Options 1.mp4

09:51

29 - Calculation Options 2.mp4

11:08

30 - Calculation Options 3.mp4

04:16

31 - Performing an Unsteady Run.mp4

07:08

6 - Model Results

32 - 1D Results Part 1.mp4

13:54

33 - 1D Results Part 2.mp4

07:23

34 - 2D Results Part 1.mp4

12:42

35 - 2D Results Part 2.mp4

11:46

36 - 2D Results Part 3.mp4

12:08

7 - Adjusting Computation Factors and the Courant Number

37 - Adjusting 1D Computation Factors.mp4

09:41

38 - Adjusting 2D Equations.mp4

08:35

39 - Adjusting 2D Computation Options.mp4

05:47

40 - Selecting an Appropriate Time Step.mp4

04:31

41 - Adaptive Time Step Selection.mp4

14:59

8 - Creating a 2DOnly Model

42 - Creating a Copy of Your Model.mp4

05:29

43 - Creating a New 2D Flow Area.mp4

06:38

44 - Channel Refinement Region.mp4

02:10

45 - Refinement Region Cell Sizing.mp4

04:03

46 - Channel Centre Breakline.mp4

03:41

9 - Boundary Condition Data Unsteady Flow Simulation and Results

47 - Boundary Condition Lines.mp4

06:36

48 - Discussion about Boundary and Initial Conditions.mp4

05:00

49 - Boundary Condition Data.mp4

05:41

50 - Unsteady Flow Simulation and Results.mp4

08:34

51 - Unsteady Flow Simulation with Adjusted Roughness.mp4

08:58

10 - The RASter Calculator Conclusions and 3D Viewing

52 - The RASter Calculator.mp4

08:57

53 - Conclusions When to Use 1D and 2D Models.mp4

06:56

54 - Bonus Lecture The 3D Viewer.mp4

05:01

11 - UPDATES Geometry data manipulation

55 - Entering and processing georeferenced 1D crosssection data for RAS Mapper.mp4

01:00:09

56 - Extracting 1D crosssection data from a high resolution terrain model.mp4

33:23

Description

A step-by-step guide to building, running and interpreting 2D models using RAS Mapper in HEC-RAS

What You'll Learn?

Learn to work with RAS Mapper within the HEC-RAS software environment to create terrain layers for 1 and 2D river modelling.
Learn how to import 1D cross-section data and use it to create a more accurate channel. network.
Learn how to create Landcover Layers and apply Manning’s n values.
Learn how to create a 2D mesh, set cell parameters and add Refinement Regions and Breaklines.
Learn how to build Lateral Structures in order to connect 1D to 2D elements.
Learn how to adjust a 2D area to create an optimal river channel mesh.
Learn how to enter unsteady flow Boundary Condition data and Initial Conditions.
Learn how to set up an Unsteady Run and about Computation Options and Tolerances.
Learn how to pick an appropriate time-step using the Courant Number.
Learn how to view 1D and 2D results and understand what the outputs mean.

Who is this for?

Those interested in advancing their hydraulic modelling skills from 1D to 2D modelling using RAS Mapper within the HEC-RAS software package.

What You Need to Know?

A basic understanding of the concepts involved in river hydraulic modelling would be beneficial but the course learning goals can be achieved without the need for any prior experience of using HEC-RAS.

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Description
In this course you will learn, through 54 short video tutorials, how to construct a combined 1D-2D and a 2D-only river model in the HEC-RAS hydraulic modelling software package. This course, builds on my Udemy 1D HEC-RAS modelling course but is stand-alone and you do not need to take that course in order to follow and complete this one although it would be useful to have a basic understanding of general hydraulic modelling concepts.
All the data necessary to follow and build your models is supplied with this Udemy course and the HEC-RAS software itself is free to download from the web.
Much of the tutorial and model build will focus on the use of the RAS Mapper module within the HEC-RAS software environment. You will learn how to import terrain model data, modify it using surface interpolation techniques and how to create landuse data layers to generate roughness data. You will then go on to learn about 2D geometry creation, how to set cell size and how to adjust cell spacing and alignment to best represent the underlying terrain and likely flow patterns and, in your first model, you will then go on to create a lateral structure to connect 1D to 2D areas. In the second model that you build you will also learn how to represent a main river-channel within a 2D model surface. You will then learn how to enter boundary condition flow data and how to run model scenarios. Several of the tutorials are then focused on discussing both 1D and 2D computation options and tolerances and also how to set the computation interval based upon the Courant Number. You will learn about these various aspects of modelling by making adjustments to your model and then viewing the impact had on the computed results output. Finally, you will learn how to view and manipulate both 1D results in the main HEC-RAS software environment and 2D outputs in RAS mapper along with tips on how to best interrogate and display the output data.
This course will enable you to advance your hydraulic modelling skills from 1D-only simulations to 2D modelling within a geo-referenced terrain environment and as such it will stand you in good stead whether you study river channel processes in academia or work in the river engineering industry.
Who this course is for:
Those interested in advancing their hydraulic modelling skills from 1D to 2D modelling using RAS Mapper within the HEC-RAS software package.

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I have a BSc (1993) and PhD (1999) in Geography from the University of Nottingham, UK. For my PhD I undertook research into river erosion in Mississippi, USA. This project was sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). I subsequently gained a variety of contract projects associated with river engineering through both the USACE and US Department of Agriculture. After that I held a position as a Post Doctoral Research Associate in the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. The research in this post was directed towards predicting and modelling blockages at structures such as culverts and bridges. More recently I worked as an undergraduate course lecturer in river geomorphology and open channel hydraulics at the University of Nottingham Malaysia campus in Kuala Lumpur. I currently work as a freelance river analyst and am based in Nottingham, UK.

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