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Transcript
00:03
When working in InfoSurge Pro, there are several global surge options you can set after a successful hydraulic run.
00:11
These options are accessible from one location in the Run Manager, on the Surge tab.
00:17
Note that it is extremely important to first have a successful hydraulic analysis,
00:23
since the results are used to determine initial conditions for the surge analysis.
00:28
To begin, double-click the desired project .aprx file to open ArcGIS Pro.
00:36
Once your project starts, click the InfoWater Pro tab to open the InfoWater Pro ribbon.
00:44
In the Project panel, click Initialize.
00:47
With InfoWater Pro initialized, from the Model Explorer window, click Run to open the Run Manager.
00:55
Then, click the Surge tab to access the surge analysis options.
01:00
First, specify a Simulation Duration for the surge analysis.
01:05
A typical transient analysis only runs for a few minutes or less.
01:10
For this example, use a duration of 300 seconds.
01:15
Next, enable the Hydraulic Run Only option.
01:19
This will cause only the initial steady state analysis to be run and not the complete surge simulation.
01:27
In the Simulation Monitoring (Pressure Head) group box, set the Node ID to junction 10.
01:35
This is the node that will be monitored and displayed in the Simulation Progress view.
01:40
Then, choose a Display Range to define the pressure head range that will be used for the Y-axis when viewing a graph of the results.
01:50
For this example, set the minimum to 0 feet and the maximum to 500 feet.
01:57
Next, set the Global Wave Speed to 3600 feet per second.
02:03
This value represents the velocity of a pressure wave for any pipe that does not have a wave speed explicitly set.
02:11
Then, set the Pipe Segment Length Tolerance to 10 feet and the Cavitation Head to –33.21 feet.
02:21
In order to run a simplified surge analysis,
02:24
pipe lengths may be adjusted so that each pipe will be a length that ensures pressure waves will traverse said pipe
02:32
in a time that is an exact multiple of the computational time increment.
02:37
The Pipe Segment Length Tolerance field specifies the upper boundary for which these length adjustments will not exceed.
02:45
The Cavitation Head value used represents the head at which water will cavitate.
02:51
After you set all of these options, click the Run icon to run the surge analysis.
02:58
Note that with the Hydraulic Run Only option enabled, this run is only a simple hydraulic analysis.
03:05
Click OK to save the changes and exit the Run Manager.
03:10
If you receive a notification asking if you want to switch to the most recent output data, click Yes.
03:18
You can now view the simulation results by scrolling to the Hydraulic Results: section of the Model Explorer window,
03:26
or from the ribbon, by clicking the Report Manager button.
03:30
Note that with no surge events, the pressure and head at node 11 should remain constant during the run.
03:38
For more details about the options available in the Surge tab of the Run Manager, visit the InfoSurge Help pages on the Autodesk website.
Video transcript
00:03
When working in InfoSurge Pro, there are several global surge options you can set after a successful hydraulic run.
00:11
These options are accessible from one location in the Run Manager, on the Surge tab.
00:17
Note that it is extremely important to first have a successful hydraulic analysis,
00:23
since the results are used to determine initial conditions for the surge analysis.
00:28
To begin, double-click the desired project .aprx file to open ArcGIS Pro.
00:36
Once your project starts, click the InfoWater Pro tab to open the InfoWater Pro ribbon.
00:44
In the Project panel, click Initialize.
00:47
With InfoWater Pro initialized, from the Model Explorer window, click Run to open the Run Manager.
00:55
Then, click the Surge tab to access the surge analysis options.
01:00
First, specify a Simulation Duration for the surge analysis.
01:05
A typical transient analysis only runs for a few minutes or less.
01:10
For this example, use a duration of 300 seconds.
01:15
Next, enable the Hydraulic Run Only option.
01:19
This will cause only the initial steady state analysis to be run and not the complete surge simulation.
01:27
In the Simulation Monitoring (Pressure Head) group box, set the Node ID to junction 10.
01:35
This is the node that will be monitored and displayed in the Simulation Progress view.
01:40
Then, choose a Display Range to define the pressure head range that will be used for the Y-axis when viewing a graph of the results.
01:50
For this example, set the minimum to 0 feet and the maximum to 500 feet.
01:57
Next, set the Global Wave Speed to 3600 feet per second.
02:03
This value represents the velocity of a pressure wave for any pipe that does not have a wave speed explicitly set.
02:11
Then, set the Pipe Segment Length Tolerance to 10 feet and the Cavitation Head to –33.21 feet.
02:21
In order to run a simplified surge analysis,
02:24
pipe lengths may be adjusted so that each pipe will be a length that ensures pressure waves will traverse said pipe
02:32
in a time that is an exact multiple of the computational time increment.
02:37
The Pipe Segment Length Tolerance field specifies the upper boundary for which these length adjustments will not exceed.
02:45
The Cavitation Head value used represents the head at which water will cavitate.
02:51
After you set all of these options, click the Run icon to run the surge analysis.
02:58
Note that with the Hydraulic Run Only option enabled, this run is only a simple hydraulic analysis.
03:05
Click OK to save the changes and exit the Run Manager.
03:10
If you receive a notification asking if you want to switch to the most recent output data, click Yes.
03:18
You can now view the simulation results by scrolling to the Hydraulic Results: section of the Model Explorer window,
03:26
or from the ribbon, by clicking the Report Manager button.
03:30
Note that with no surge events, the pressure and head at node 11 should remain constant during the run.
03:38
For more details about the options available in the Surge tab of the Run Manager, visit the InfoSurge Help pages on the Autodesk website.
When working in InfoSurge Pro, there are several global surge options that can be set after a successful hydraulic run. These options are accessible from one location in the Run Manager, on the Surge tab. Note that it is extremely important to first have a successful hydraulic analysis, since the results are used to determine initial conditions for the surge analysis.
A typical transient analysis only runs for a few minutes or less.
This is the node that will be monitored and displayed in the Simulation Progress view.
This defines the pressure head range used for the Y-axis when viewing a graph of the results.
This value represents the velocity of a pressure wave for any pipe that does not have a wave speed explicitly set.
To run a simplified surge analysis, pipe lengths may be adjusted so that each pipe is a length that ensures pressure waves will traverse the pipe in a time that is an exact multiple of the computational time increment. The Pipe Segment Length Tolerance field specifies the upper boundary for which these length adjustments will not exceed. The Cavitation Head value represents the head at which water will cavitate.
With Hydraulic Run Only enabled, this run is only a simple hydraulic analysis.
To view the simulation results:
Note that with no surge events, the pressure and head at node 11 should remain constant during the run.
For more details about the options available in the Surge tab of the Run Manager, visit the Autodesk InfoSurge Help topic, Running a Surge Analysis.
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