Course Programme

Tuesday 14 May 2013

• Introduction, review training objectives, and course agenda.
• Overview of basics of two-dimensional hydraulics: Hydrodynamics, equations, boundary conditions and numerical methods. Assumptions and limitations.
• Introduction to Argus ONE: RiverFLO-2D v3 Graphical User Interface. Layer types, mesh generation options. Data interpolation options.
• Setting up a RiverFLO-2D v3 project application. Importing elevation points, defining the model boundary, entering boundary conditions, refining the mesh, running the model.
• Data review and preparation of a selected Project. Data file format requirements. Guidelines for reviewing data and modelling results.
• Working with Mega-data projects. Handling billions of elevation points and huge data files.
• Creating and running a new RiverFLO-2D v3 project using real-world data.
• Creating and running a new RiverFLO-2D v3 project.
• Plotting RiverFLO-2D v3 results: Water Surface Elevations, Velocity Vector Plots, etc.

Wednesday 15 May 2013

• Creating animations and exporting shape files: velocity fields, depths, water surface elevations. RiverFLO-2D v3 input and output files.
• Using cross section and profile outputs for model calibration. Comparing model results from different scenarios using layer operations.
• Overview of RiverFLO-2D v3 Components: Culverts, Bridge Piers, Internal Rating Tables, Weirs.
• Using Argus ONE to incorporate bridges, levees and other details in a RiverFLO-2D v3 simulation.
• Modelling pollutant transport.
• Develop a simple project – Part 1.
• Develop a simple project – Part 2.

Thursday 16 May 2013

• Introduction to modelling sediment transport in rivers.
• Modelling sediment transport in RiverFLO-2D v3
• Setting up a sediment transport simulation in RiverFLO-2D v3. Plot erosion and deposition. Extracting cross section and profiles. Creating profile animations including bed elevation changes.
• Develop a complex project – Part 1.
• Develop a complex project – Part 2.