Groundwater Software SMS SMS produces 1D, 2D & 3D surface water models for analysis and evaluation.
The Surface Water Modeling System (SMS) is a comprehensive environment for hydrodynamic modeling. SMS acts as a pre- and post-processor for surface water modeling and design and includes 2D finite element, 2D finite difference, 3D finite element and 1D backwater modeling tools.
The Surface Water Modeling System (SMS) is a comprehensive environment for hydrodynamic modeling. SMS acts as a pre- and post-processor for surface water modeling and design and includes 2D finite element, 2D finite difference, 3D finite element and 1D backwater modeling tools.
Software for Surface Water Modeling
The Surface Water Modeling System (SMS) is a comprehensive environment for 1D, 2D, and 3D hydrodynamic modeling. SMS acts as a pre- and post-processor for surface water modeling and design and includes 2D finite element, 2D finite difference, 3D finite element and 1D backwater modeling tools.
The numeric models supported in SMS compute a variety of information applicable to surface water modeling. Primary applications of the models include calculation of water surface elevations and flow velocities for shallow water flow problems, for both steady-state or dynamic conditions.
Additional applications: sediment transport (scour and deposition), wave energy dispersion, wave properties (directions, magnitudes and amplitudes) and others.
TUFLOW – New interface – TUFLOW is a 1D/2D hydraulic model specifically suited for floodplain delineation. It features very stable domain wetting/drying.
M2D –Updated interface and model – now supports bed morphology including hard-bottom case.
STWAVE – Updated interface and model – STWAVE has been updated to support either half- or full-plane spectral transformations. The full-plane version supports waves from all directions in the same simulation and uses multiple iterations to track waves through large variations in wave directions. The new version also supports spatially varied tidal surge, wind fields and bottom roughness.
CGWAVE - Updated interface and model – Model and interface now support floating barriers and variable bottom friction.
FESWMS - Updated interface and model – Interface now supports all sediment transport capabilities in the latest release of FST2DH.
WABED – New interface – WABED is a half-plane, steady-state near shore wave spectral transformation model.
GENESIS – Updated interface - 1D coastal morphology model
Global Time Management Tools
Coastal mesh generation using Local Truncation Error Analysis
Spindown Steering Enhancements
Right click menus on the selected geometric objects
Faster paving
Tool for extracting tidal boundary conditions from global databases
Extensive reworking of the Contour options to handle all options of contour distribution and user controlled color pallet’s.
Professional Applications of SMS Include:
Evaluate bank stability in a river stretch
Model the dispersion and concentrations of a contaminant spill in a river, lake, estuary or bay
Analyze sediment scour, transport and deposition for a proposed or existing navigation channel
Evaluate the layout of harbor structures to minimize wave and water current impact
Compute flood and storm surge levels for coastal areas
SMS builds on standard MS Windows functionality allowing you to build models and view results quickly! All modeling parameters are entered through interactive graphics and easy-to-use dialog boxes. The software is well-suited for the construction of large, complex meshes of arbitrary shape using finite element meshes. Also, existing digital elevation models can be imported and used as background data to generate elevations for the model.
The SMS interface is separated into several modules that contain tools allowing manipulation and model creation from different data types. The modules of SMS are:
Map Module
Boundary Fitted Grid Module
Mesh Module
Scatter Point Module
Cartesian Grid Module
3D Hydraulics Module
SMS Map Module
The Map Module in SMS allows you to use GIS or CAD data, as well as TIFF or JPEG image data, to create and enhance visualization of your surface water models.
Images can be used in SMS as a reference for digitizing features in your model or as a backdrop to enhance model presentation. With GIS or CAD data, or data you have digitized yourself in SMS, you can assign parameters and boundary conditions to your model in a quick and intuitive manner. SMS will automatically generate a mesh or grid network and assign parameters/boundary conditions from your Map Module data.
The Map Module also allows you to set up observation points and cross sections where results from a numerical model can be compared to data collected in the real world. Further, reports and statistical analysis can be generated from these observation/calibration tools.
Mesh Module
The Mesh Module is used to construct two dimensional finite element meshes of rivers, estuaries, bays, wetland areas, or coastal regions. SMS includes a sophisticated set of mesh generation and editing tools to handle complex modeling situations.
In SMS, two dimensional meshes are used as the basis for analysis for:
TABS (RMA2, RMA4, SED2D)
HIVEL-2D - supercritical flow model
FESWMS - FHWA commissioned hydrodynamic model
ADCIRC - coastal circulation model
CGWAVE - wave energy model
After an analysis, output data at each node of the mesh can be used to generate contour, fringe and vector plots to represent the solution. Multiple time steps from time variant solutions can be strung together to form an animation of the dynamic solution. SMS also generates animations of steady state vector functions such as flow velocity.
Cartesian Grid Module
The two dimensional Cartesian Grid Module contains tools used to construct two dimensional Cartesian finite difference grids. These grids consist of cells aligned with a rectilinear coordinate system. The tools provide a fast, efficient method for creating such grids, populating them with data and running a numerical model.
Models that are supported in the Cartesian Grid Module include:
STWAVE - wave energy model
M2D - hydrodynamic circulation specifically adapted for coastal zones
Analysis results from these model can be displayed using the tools in the Cartesian Grid Module to create contour, fringe and vector plots to represent the solution. Multiple time steps from time variant solutions can be strung together to form an animation of the dynamic solutions as well.
Boundary-Fitted Grid Module
The Boundary Fitted Grid Module is used for pre-and post- processing of two and three dimensional extracted boundary fitted grids. These grids consist of rows and columns of cells.
Unlike Cartesian Grids, the cells in boundary fitted grids can have any quadrilateral shape and therefore are not necessarily aligned with the x/y cartesian directions. Because of this, the grid better fits the boundary of the model domain. In SMS, the Boundary Fitted Grid Module is used to create simulations for use with CH3D and ICM.
Scatter Point Module
The Scatter Point Module is used to interpolate from groups of scattered data points to the other data types. SMS supports three interpolation schemes including linear, natural neighbor and inverse distance weighted. The module is also used to view and edit survey data.
Interpolation can be used to provide initial conditions, compare the results of overlapping meshes, or to verify a solution. This capability in SMS allows scattered data to be applied to any mesh or grid that has been constructed for modeling in SMS.
1D Hydraulics Module
The 1D Hydraulics Module of SMS includes a series of tools for the creation, editing, and application of cross sections for one-dimensional hydraulic analysis. Capabilities include:
Extraction of cross sections and attributes such as roughness and bank features from three dimensional topographic and bathymetric data.
Merging of low resolution cross sections with high resolution survey data.
Filtering cross section data for efficiency.
Formatting of cross section and hydraulic data for specific one-dimensional analysis engines including Bri-Stars and HEC-RAS.
SMS includes a powerful suite of graphical tools for model development and visualization. Models can be built using digital maps and elevation models for reference and source data. During the model building process, the graphical representation of the model allows quick review and presentation of your work. Full three dimensional views, with contouring and shading of your model allow anyone to see and understand the domain and parameters of your analysis.
Analysis results can be displayed graphically using a variety of plots, including vector plots, contour plots, color-shaded contour plots and time-history plots.
Contour plots and color-shaded contour plots of water surface elevation, velocity, discharge, contaminant concentration, and bed scour and deposition can easily be generated for any of the computed time-steps.
Time-history plots can be requested at any location to illustrate fluctuations in water surface elevation, velocity, discharge, contaminant concentration, and bed elevation.
Both steady-state and transient solutions can be shown animated using either particle trace, vector, or contour animation. For steady-state solutions, particle trace animation allows the user to clearly see the inherent flow patterns in the mesh. For transient solutions, vector and contour animation allows the user to observe how water surface elevation, velocity, discharge, contaminant concentration, and bed elevation vary with time.
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