Controlling HEC-RAS using MATLAB. (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leon, Arturo S.; Goodell, Christopher
• Is Part Of: Environmental modelling & software. Volume 84(2016:Oct.)
• Page Start: 339
• Page End: 348
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: HEC-RAS -- HECRASController -- MATLAB -- Model integration -- Numerical modeling -- Optimization; Environmental monitoring -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Ecology -- Computer simulation -- Periodicals; Digital computer simulation -- Periodicals; Computer software -- Periodicals; Environmental Monitoring -- Periodicals; Computer Simulation -- Periodicals; Environnement -- Surveillance -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Écologie -- Simulation, Méthodes de -- Périodiques; Simulation par ordinateur -- Périodiques; Logiciels -- Périodiques; Computer software; Digital computer simulation; Ecology -- Computer simulation; Environmental monitoring -- Computer programs; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 363.70015118
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.06.026
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-8152

Abstract

Abstract: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Hydrologic Engineering Center's River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) is a widely used software application for performing one-dimensional and two-dimensional steady and unsteady flow river hydraulics calculations, sediment transport-mobile bed modeling, and water quality analysis. User's of HEC-RAS have often unique applications including the coupling with other software to perform system analysis such as optimization of flooding structures and multi-objective reservoir operation under uncertainty. One state-of-the-art environment for integrating software is MATLAB, which integrates computation, visualization, and programming in an easy-to-use environment. This paper presents a set of MATLAB scripts to write input files, read output files, make plots, execute parallel computations, and perform fully-automated functions of HEC-RAS. Examples of procedures are presented throughout the paper and they are illustrated using a river-reservoir network that involves ten inline structures (e.g., dams) with operation of gates at each of these dams. Highlights: This paper presents a set of MATLAB scripts to perform fully-automated functions of HEC-RAS that include executing parallel computations. Examples of procedures are illustrated using a river-reservoir network that involves ten dams with operation of gates at each of these dams.