Flooding and drying simulation on floodplains using a 2D HEC-RAS model: a Sinoriver case study

Abstract

The HEC-RAS software reaches its 6.0.0 version in May of 2021, introducing new computational tools to its users. Among these new tools, HEC-RAS is capable of simulating spatially varied rain and evaporation data by grid, constant values or table format. A 2D Sinos river model was created with the intent of testing mainly these two new tools. The Sinos river is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The model was calibrated and validated before being used. This article focus mainly in describing floodplain drying, those in which are used for agricultural purpose.