I am working on a project that modeling of Tidal outfalls and check valves be necessary. Does Storm and sanitary do this? Is there another Bentley program that will?
Thank you
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Hi Turbo,
CivilStorm and SewerGEMS have the ability to model a tidal outfall with varying tailwater elevation, and an option for a tidal gate (check valve). These are modeled using either of the available Fully Dynamic numerical solvers. Screenshot below.
If you do not need fully dynamic hydraulic calculations are focusing on detention ponds, PondPack also has the ability to model tidal outfalls, with a check valve modeled by way of choosing "forward flow only" in the composite outlet structure.
Other resources on these products:
CivilStorm product page
SewerGEMS product page
PondPack product page
Difference between CivilStorm and SewerGEMS
How to model a tidal outfall in PondPack?
Regards,
Jesse DringoliTechnical Support Manager, OpenFlowsBentley Communities Site AdministratorBentley Systems, Inc.
CivilStorm does integrate with MicroStation but not directly with Inroads. Data exchange with Inroads is by way of import/export. Basically you can export a CivilStorm model to Inroads SDB and also import an Inroads SDB. The CivilStorm help goes into more details on the mapping between elements.
For more "tighter" integration, consider the Subsurface Utilities Design and Analysis (SUDA) capabilities in the latest version of OpenRoads products. In SUDA, if you have a CivilStorm license, you can switch to CivilStorm as the product and utilize its numerical modeling capabilities (including the outfall capabilities mentioned above) while working in a Civil Design environment where you have access to more detailed profiling and physical modeling capabilities.
CivilStorm "standalone" also has some built in profiling functionality. Here are some screenshots.
"Standard" profile:
"Engineering" profile: