Flood Modelling
Flood modelling is an important part of developing projects to manage flood risk. It helps you to understand how a river system behaves during flood conditions and to identify areas that may be affected by flooding. Flood modelling also enable you to assess the impact of both natural and man-made features upon flood risk and supports decisions on investment to reduce flood risk.
Flood Modeller can be used for a wide range of different projects to manage flood risk, including flood risk assessments, flood mapping, appraisals and economic assessments, breach analysis, and much more.
Key benefits
⟶ Create simple 1D only models or complex 1D-2D models
⟶ Seamlessly model rivers, estuaries, floodplains and urban drainage systems
⟶ Suitable for a wide range of applications, from calculating simple backwater profiles to modelling entire catchments
⟶ The intuitive GIS interface provides a wide range of model building tools, as well as pre- and post-processing operations
⟶ Use historical and real-time river, rainfall and sea level data, alongside data that represents the physical environment
Webinar
Mastering 1D-2D Modelling: A Beginner’s Guide
In this 30-minute live webinar, Frances Fowden, will provide an introduction to 1D-2D modelling using Flood Modeller. You will gain valuable insights into the software and its latest features, including the extensive range of structures, GIS interface, and Hydrology+.
Fast and accurate modelling
Whether you need to build a simple 1D model of a rural river channel, develop a 1D-2D linked model for an urban area, or undertake integrated catchment modelling which incorporates sewer networks and other drainage systems, Flood Modeller provides the functionality to meet your needs.
Flood Modeller allows direct comparison between model results and observed data within the software interface using calibration datasets to facilitate the calibration process and improve your confidence in predicted results.
Its industry-leading 1D river solver provides a comprehensive range of methods for simulating flows and levels in open channels, floodplains, reservoirs and estuaries. It provides more than 40 hydraulic structures, including numerous bridge, culvert and weir types.
The latest hydrological methods are also provided as standard. Any hydrograph can be input to the software to take into account local hydrological methods. Direct rainfall inputs can also be applied.
Flood Modeller's 1D urban solver, based on US EPA SWMM, allows users to combine surface and subsurface flow to obtain a detailed and integrated understanding of flood risk in urban areas, directly within Flood Modeller’s powerful user interface.
Flood Modeller provides a range of advanced 2D numerical engines, including the GPU solver which provides detailed 2D modelling results up to 96% faster. These are used to calculate water depth and ‘depth averaged’ velocity on a grid.