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Good Hydrology Flood Software

Good Hydrology Flood Software

Good Hydrology Flood Software

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I am trying to analyze a channel to see if it can handle a 100 year flood event in our area. We have LDD but it doesn't have this kind of capabilities.  Is there any freeware/shareware software available for this type of study?

RE: Good Hydrology Flood Software

Try going to www.hydrocad.net and downloading the free sampler.  This helps me do my homework in hydrology class, and we do stuff similar to what you are doing.  

RE: Good Hydrology Flood Software

Try going to www.hydrocad.net and download the free sampler.  This helps me do my homework in hydrology class, and we do stuff similar to what you are doing.  

RE: Good Hydrology Flood Software

Hydrocad is primarily a hydrology program.  You need a program for hydraulics.  Just use HEC-RAS. It's free, easy, and widely accepted.  www.hec.usace.army.mil

RE: Good Hydrology Flood Software

Bayou is right.  The hydrocad is good for hydrology, particularly basin routing, but HEC-RAS is the way to analyze a stream for capacity and flood elevation.  I havent yet tried to analyze a reach or reaches using hydrocad, so I couldnt totally rule out its usefulness.

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