Chapter 6 Additional Issues and Tips
Additional Issues and Tips
6.1 Other Issues
1. If a drop structure is present in the HEC-RAS model, the best way to represent this is with an
inline structure.
2. Lateral and inline structure stability factors can improve model stability. To improve model
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4. If the model crashes at the beginning of a simulation, check initial conditions such as
discharge values, storage area elevations, and downstream boundary conditions. If the model
model stability locations.
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elevation to match initial model conditions.
6.2 Other Tips
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the model to fail in its computations.
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model. Perhaps one of the structures is causing the model to fail. If the model suddenly runs
after removing the structures, then place the structures back in, one at a time, to see which
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could be occurring, which often causes model instability.
4. Use the Modified Puls Routing
5. Use the Variable Time Step option where the HEC-RAS computational engine dynamically
recomputes the required time step during the simulation based upon the Courant number