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2 GDS Introduction - Getting Started - Lesson 1

This document provides an overview and introduction to the Grid Developer System (GDS) software for setting up and running FLO-2D hydrodynamic models. It outlines the key components and workflow of the GDS, including importing terrain data, creating the grid system, interpolating elevations, defining inflows and boundaries, and running and visualizing output from the FLO-2D model. The document also describes some of the input data requirements and format options as well as new features available in the GDS.

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2 GDS Introduction - Getting Started - Lesson 1

This document provides an overview and introduction to the Grid Developer System (GDS) software for setting up and running FLO-2D hydrodynamic models. It outlines the key components and workflow of the GDS, including importing terrain data, creating the grid system, interpolating elevations, defining inflows and boundaries, and running and visualizing output from the FLO-2D model. The document also describes some of the input data requirements and format options as well as new features available in the GDS.

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Getting Started with the Grid

Developer System GDS

Karen O’Brien
Outline
• Resources and tech support
• Introduce FLO-2D Software
• What is the GDS?

• Hands-on
• Project setup
• Run FLO-2D model
Announcements
• Tech Support
- [email protected] / [email protected] / noemi@flo-
2d.com
- www.flo-2d.com
- www.flo-2dforum.com
- Webinar training
- Office # 928-339-1935
- Florida # 786-404-3003
- Certificate
FLO-2D System

GDS *.DAT FILES FLO-2D


(FLO.EXE)

MAPPER++
*.OUT FILES
MAPPER

Shapefiles
Grid files
Raster Images PLOTS, MAPS
Shapefiles
Grid Developer System GDS
• Input data for FLO-2D model
• Grid system
• Interpolates grid element elevation
• Aerial photos, CAD drawings and shape files
• Hydrograph data
• FLO-2D components
GDS Features
• Interactive data entry
- Channels
- Levees
- Streets
- Hydraulic structures
- Buildings
- Roughness
- Inflow and Outflow
- Infiltration
- Rainfall
- Evaporation
- Sediment transport / Mudflow
- Storm drain interface
GDS Handy Features
• Define Project Extents
- HEC-RAS
- DXF and DWG CAD files
- Shape files
• Levee breach
• Polylines for channels streets and levees
• 3-D points files to create levees
• Interpolation from multiple LiDAR files
• Data validation
Data Requirements
• REQUIRED
• Terrain elevations
- DTM
- ArcInfo ASCII Grid file
- Point Shape
- Map digitizing
• Hydrographs or rainfall
• Manning’s roughness coefficients
Data Requirements
• OPTIONAL
• Aerial photographs
• Soil and land use shape files
• Building shape files
• Data for channels, levees, etc.
• Storm drain data
The FLO-2D Grid
The FLO-2D Grid Element
How Neighbor GEs connect?
How Neighbor GEs connect?
How Neighbor GEs connect?
DTM data
• The DTM data can be space or coma
delimited
X-Coordinate Y-Coordinate Elevation

6413334.59 1936112.79 81.81


6413388.62 1936112.00 81.57
6413500.78 1936108.47 81.29
6413664.70 1936102.41 80.95
6413784.88 1936094.97 80.75
Interpolation algorithm
• Inverse distance weighting
Ri = 2

Ri = 1
Interpolate from multi-files
• The DTM data can be space or coma
delimited and several files can be selected at
one time.
• Several Data Formats
• Interpolates using average within each grid
element.
• Grid elements without points are identified.
Elevation Options

Select from four options…

Delete elevation points from outside a prescribed


range:
New Features GDS
• Computational domain from shapefile
• Design channel style
• Region limits adjustment
• Calculate LID cells and Horton infiltration cells
from shapefile
• Grid element shapefile
GDS Project Workflow
• Import elevation data
• Enter grid element size and create grid
• Setup modeling boundary
• Interpolate elevations to grid
• Enter inflow hydrographs
• Specify outflow elements
• Run FLO-2D model
• Visualize results (Mapper)
• Add details and optimization…
Up Next: Lesson 1

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