Channels
Prismatic channel
This refers to an open channel that has the same cross-section and bed slope throughout. This may have a rectangular, trapezoidal, semi-circular or other cross-sectional shape. Note that rectangular and triangular shapes are special cases of the ...
Prismatic open channel drawing tool
This tool, , enables you to draw a prismatic channel in the Main Window. When you select it, the arrow cursor changes to a pencil that draws a channel by clicking on the upstream and downstream end points. (You can enter several channel reaches ...
Prismatic Open Channel property sheet
This window shows a diagram of a trapezoidal open channel, with text boxes in which the bottom width, side slopes and height can be entered or displayed. Asymmetric channels with different side slopes on each side can be accommodated. For vertical ...
Multi-channel
This is a type of link used in DRAINS to model complex multiple pipes located between the same nodes or pits, as in the example below: You can specify various combinations of open channels and pipes using the Multi Channel property sheet. Any number ...
Multi-channel drawing tool
When you select this tool, , the arrow cursor changes to a pencil that can be used to enter this object in the Main Window. Click your mouse button when the pointer is located where you want to put the upstream end of the multi-channel, a link used ...
Multi-channel property sheet
This box allows you to specify data for multiple channels or pipes connecting between the same nodes or pits. This is a situation that may arise when systems are amplified. The dialog box simply requests or displays a multi-channel name (a default ...
Irregular open channel
This refers to an open channel that has a cross-section that is not a simple trapezoidal, rectangular or triangular shape. The cross-section of such channels must be defined as a series of x-y coordinates, as shown below. Closed conduits with unusual ...
Irregular Open Channel drawing tool
This tool, , enables you to enter an irregular channel in the Main Window. When you click on this tool, the arrow cursor changes to a pencil. Click your left mouse button when the point of the pencil is located at the upstream end of the channel. The ...
Irregular open channel property sheet
In this window you can enter and review data for open channels that: are prismatic but have a shape other than trapezoidal, triangular or rectangular, or do not have a regular cross-sectional shape, such as sections that occur with a natural stream ...