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Sponsored by ASCE Continuing Education and the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI).
INSTRUCTOR: Lonnie Anderson, P.E., CFM
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Purpose and Background
Floodplain analysis is one of the primary functions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center's HEC-RAS software program. RAS Mapper allows the modeler to quickly view floodplain extents without using another GIS or CADD program. The modeler can more easily identify issues with model results and know where to make improvements.
Visualization of hydraulic results is extremely useful for model review and presentation to clients and for reports and submittals. RAS Mapper allows for the display of water surface elevations (traditional floodplain mapping), floodplain depths, floodplain boundary and flow velocities. This allows for very specialized presentation of hydraulic results for almost every type of hydraulic analysis.
This webinar focuses on a more in-depth look at the use of RAS Mapper within HEC-RAS. With the latest releases of HEC-RAS many built in GIS components have been added to aid in model development. The webinar provides a discussion on the use of RAS Mapper and not the hydraulic analysis features of the software. Emphasis is placed on input and working with the RAS Mapper functions to build and review model output. Participants who wish to attend this webinar must be well-versed in using the HEC-RAS program and GIS software.
Primary Discussion Topics
- New capabilities in RAS Mapper V5.0.7
- RAS Mapper basics and data layers
- Terrain processing
- Model construction
- Using hydraulic results to view floodplain extents
- Mapping other hydraulic variables
Learning Outcomes
- Add terrain, shapefiles and web imagery within HEC-RAS directly
- Add land-use roughness factors for use in 2D modeling
- Build and modify 1D and 2D model input within Mapper
- Efficiently map floodplain results
- Analyze output for reasonableness
- Generate floodplain, floodway, depth grids and base flood elevation mappings for use in various CADD software
Webinar Benefits
- Learn new features in HEC-RAS 5.0.7 version of RAS Mapper
- Learn how to efficiently build model geometry, map flooding depths, velocities, flood extents and floodway limits
- Aid user in transition to using 2D tools available in HEC-RAS 5.0.7
Intended Audience
- Civil engineers seeking to gain knowledge on the RAS Mapper feature of HEC-RAS
Webinar Outline
- RAS Mapper V5.0 changes and advances
- Importing background data
- Terrain processing
- Build 1D and 2D geometry
- Incorporating proposed conditions terrain into model
- Flood extents results output mapping to CADD software
- Mapping other hydraulic variables