Acqueducts

With Acqueducts solution CIVIL Design functionalities are extended to technological networks field, in particular to aqueducts. In this solution it has been introduced a new and more efficient and easier interface.

Features

Acqueducts solution is structured so that it allows the user to operate according to available design information:
the insertion of the network geometric data (nodes, branches, reservoirs and related geographic elevations) can be made both in tabular way, as a spreadsheet, and in graphic way on vectorial cartograpic base or georeferenced raster base.
While defining the network geometry, the designer introduces easily also hydraulic data of the system: flows, roughness and concentrate losses.
Specifically provided selection tables enable to mark pipes employed in each branch, thus making easier to insert data related to material, diameter and roughness. Definitely interesting it’s the possibility to personalize measurement units that are to be employed in network data tables and in computing account. Computing consists in resolving a non-linear system in equations of continuity at nodes and of load losses at branches.
The system is resolved using a quick calculation algorithm that enables to elaborate complex networks in few seconds, so that the designer is allowed to make geometric modifications on the network and to verify in real time the effects on computation values. Design hypothesis can be registered and again visualized when needed.
Load losses are computed with Darcy-Weisbach and Colebrook formulas. Computing results report, in addition to node piezometric, also velocity, flow rates, Reynolds number and branches piezometric decrease.

Graphic layouts

Realization of design graphic layouts employs CIVIL Design standard commands strengthened for this solution with new options, so to provide fit answers for specific requirements of aqueducts planning.
This solution allows to elaborate profiles and plans: it’s possible to mark branches with personalized graphic entities and to insert symbols representing special pieces or network schemes.
In aqueduct network one of the fundamental elements of design is the branches profile drawing: for this reason it has been provided a procedure that allows to manage the several profiles to be drawn. It is possible choose the sequence of branches to be represented. Within each profile can be represented the chosen nodes, piezometric, if already calculated, mark-outs and terrain development, if known.
The same elements can be inserted and modified by graphic or tabular way. In addition to the elements mentioned above it is possible to insert in the profile gully traps, special pieces, connection schemes, excavation template sections and special structures. Graphic texture of the drawing maintain the features of simplicity, completeness and customizing potentialities already available in CIVIL Design.

Calculation layouts

This solution produces the account of network computation in which all data describing the system are reported, as well as all computing data, such as branch flow rates, velocity, load losses, Reynods number, node piezometric, and so on.
In addition to computing account you can also obtain a computing layout of estimated material movement: this layout derives from a procedure which, starting from template sections marked on profile, allows to compute cut and fill volumes and to estimate piping length, gully-traps and special pieces number.
All computing layouts can be printed on paper or on file, in .rtf (rich test file) format, perfectly compatible with text printouts and spreadsheets with which afterwards it’s possible to operate modifications and integrations.