PROBLEM

The design of canals creates interesting issues related to the relationship between the water in the canal and the surrounding flow system. It is often of interest to determine how much flow is coming into or leaving a canal system. There is also the problem of uplift if the surrounding water table is higher than the water level in the canal.

SOLUTION

Numerical modeling of this system offers the following benefits:

* The effectiveness of various pumping scenarios can be explored,

* It can be determined how the local groundwater table be affected,

* The flow to or from a canal can be determined.

Please note that most of these models can be downloaded through our SVOffice product suite.

Simple channel flow. Stresses surrounding a concrete channel may be computed.

Model filename: Canals > FloodChannel.svm