OpenFlows StormCAD and CivilStorm - AulaGEO

This is a beginner’s guide to Bentley Open Flows Storm. This course is applicable to both StormCAD and Bentley CivilStorm.
It has three exercises where you can follow the video tutorial, utilize the attached resources, and practice well.

About this software for water modeling and analysis

You can analyze pressure and free-surface flow conditions for networks of channels and closed conduits, model complex pond outlets for a variety of tailwater conditions.  The software is specialized in design the most cost-effective pipe sizes and invert elevations and too for detect system bottlenecks, improve capacity, and limit stormwater flooding.

First exercise.

The student will obtain a fundamental knowledge of how to lay out a storm sewer network. Components to be placed in this user built model include: catchments, catch basins, pipes, junctions, and an outfall.

You will be stepped through the entry of storm data, Intensity Duration Frequency Curves (IDF), for various storm events. #AulaGEO

Once built, you will then analyze the system based on profile data, FlexTable output, and color coding visuals.

• Exercise Setup

• Network Layout

• Catchment Layout

• System Data

• Storm Data

• Batch Run and Review Results

• Annotation

• Review Exercise

Second excercise.
You will move one step further to design and analyze the system for optimal tailwater conditions and hydraulic jump occurrences.

• Exercise Setup

• Background and Prototypes

• Network Layout

• Entering Date

• Alternatives

• Scenarios

• Model Calculation

• Reviewing Results

Third exercise.

Will teach how to build a model from ESRI Shapefile data. It will take you step by step through the ModelBuilder wizard. After the model is built, it willl then step you through the entry of rainfall data for storm events.

It will guide the you through the Terrain Extractor (TRex) tool to add surface elevations to the network. Finally, you will design and test the storm sewer system model for compliance against several design constraints.

• Exercise Setup

• Model Builder

• Data Input

• Trex

• Design Constraints and Calculation

• System Redesign

• Scenario Comparison

• Exercise Review