Defining Pumps and Wet Wells in StormCAD V8i

Question

"I'm running StormCAD V8i and while I can add wet wells, pumps and pressure pipes to my network, I cannot specify pump characteristics as there is no "Pump Definitions" field under the "Physical" section of the Property Editor. Is the pump modelling feature confined only to applications such as SewerCAD?

MPachlhofer · Accepted Answer

Franklin, 
 
There's no pump definition to define because pumps in StormCAD are considered ideal flow pumps where the flow in is equal to the flow out. Until recently pumps were not supported in StormCAD because it uses the GVF Rational solver, which is a peak flow steady state solver. The wiki below describes how pumps work in the different hydraulics and hydrology products. 
 
 communities.bentley.com/.../20867.how-do-pumps-work-in-the-hydraulics-and-hydrology-products 
 
Regards, 
Mark