Sanima Hydro and Engineering P. Ltd. HEC-RAS 4.1.

0 Tutorial

HEC RAS 4.1.0

TUTORIAL

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Step 1: Land desktop

1. Open Land desktop 2007 or other version
2. Add contours on it
3. Reassociate the land desktop file into a project
4. Click on Terrain Menu
5. Click on Terrain Model Explorer

6. Right click on terrain

7. Click on Create new surface

8. Add contour data on new created surface

9. Build the contour data
10. Draw the alignment using polyline command from downstream of river to upstream at the mid
of river
11. Define the alignment

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12. Label the alignment ( The alignment must start from downstream to upstream)

13. Draw the profile of the alignment to measure the slope of the river.

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14. Click on Hydrology tool

15. Click on settings
16. Click on units
17. Then correct the unit as in fig. below

18. Click on ok
19. Again click on Hydrology menu
20. Click on HEC2 output
21. Click on HEC2-multiple
22. Then click on first point on 0+000 chainage of alignment i.e. downstream and click on
second point on end of alignment i.e. upstream
23. A dialogue box appears

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Type the design discharge of the river in starting flowrate

Give the value for manning’s n coeffient for the river

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24. Click on create file

25. Give station increment length e.g. 10m
26. Give left distance length e.g. 20m
27. Give right distance length e.g. 20m
28. A note pad file will appear and then save the file in desired location.

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Step 2:
1. Open HEC RAS 4.1.0
2. Click on file menu
3. Click on New Project

4. Give the file name e.g. HFL

5. Click on ok
6. Click on options menu
7. Click on Unit system

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8. Check on System International (metric system)

9. Click on ok
10. Click on yes
11. Click on file menu
12. Click on import HEC-2 data

13. Select the file which we have save in note pad in previous

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14. Click on ok
15. Click on import HEC-2

16. Click on edit menu

17. Click on geometric data

Else click on button

18. Click on tools menu
19. Click on cross section points filter

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20. Click on multiple location

21. Click on button with selecting (All RS)

22. Click on Filter points on selected XS

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23. Click on closed

24. Click on ok
25. Click on tables menu
26. Click on Manning’s n or k values

27. Copy paste the manning’s n value in both #n1 and #n2

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28. Click on ok

29. Click on Cross section

30. Click on the jump to the graphical cross section editor button

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31. Move the red dot to the end part of cross section using button LB or RB

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This is the cross section for station 23 which is upstream of the alignment. Similarly edit the cross
section for other station line 22 to 1 station by selecting the down arrow button

32. Click on file

33. Click on exit editor

34. Click on file menu

35. Click on Save geometric data

36. Click on steady flow data

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37. Give number of years of flood discharge e.g. For Q2 , Q5, Q10, Q25, Q50, Q100 etc. type
6 in enter/edit number of profiles. The Flood discharge Q2, Q5, Q10, Q25, Q50, Q100
etc. means flood in 2 years return period or 5 years or 10 years etc. which are calculated by
using Gumbel method or WECS method or DHM 2004 or LN III or LN. (prefer Gumbel
method)

38. Click on option menu

39. Click on edit profile name

40. Edit the PF1 to Q2, PF2 to Q5 and same on

41. Click on ok
42. Type the flood discharge for flood discharge for 2 year i.e. Q2 = 34 m3/s, Q5 = 48 m3/s,
Q10 = 58 m3/s, Q25 = 70 m3/s, Q50 = 79 m3/s and Q100 = 88 m3/s.

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43. Click on click on apply data

44. Click on reach boundary conditions
45. Click on Normal depth
46. Give the slope of river which is measured from the profile of the alignment.

47. Click on ok
48. Click on file menu
49. Click on save flow data

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50. Click on perform steady flow simulation

51. Click on Compute

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52. Click on closed

To view the result

53. Click on general Profile views button
54. Click on profiles
55. Select all discharges i.e. Q2, Q 5 etc.

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56. Click on view profile to view the profile of the river

57. Click on view cross sections to view the water level at cross sections of river
58. Click on view 3D multiple cross section plot to view the flow in 3D

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59. Click on view summary output table by profiles to view the data
60. Click on file> write to text file to convert data in txt format in which E.G Elev. means high
flood level

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