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HEC-RAS is the one of popular programs that is made for hydraulic analysis. It
has been designed to perform one-dimensional hydraulic calculations for a full
network of natural and constructed channels. In spite of many benefit of this
program, some shortcomings are experienced while running HEC-RAS.

The most significant shortcoming is the geometric input data. HEC-RAS

conventional data entry procedure requires lots of manual work and gives
engineers a burden of manipulating. AutoCAD Civil 3D could be an excellent
assistant to aid this time-consuming work. AutoCAD Civil 3D allows engineers
to develop geometric data for import in HECRAS and view exported water
surface profile result data. As a result, the engineer could concentrate on
hydraulic principle, rather than time-consuming work, during model analysis.

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The example presented in hand is for a bridge crossing with an ephemeral

wadi stream in Angola. The main goal of this example is designated to
perform a complete hydraulic analysis of a wadi bridge by using the integrated
package that includes the following programs: AutoCAD Civil 3D and HEC-
RAS.

The objectives of this comprehensive ³hand-on training´ example are to train

the workshop participants to be able to carry out the following tasks:
- How to generate automated river/wadi cross-sections using AutoCAD Civil
3D.
- How to import the generated cross-sections to HEC-RAS.
- How to carryout Hydraulic analysis using HEC-RAS and how to get the
corresponding water surface profile and velocity variations through a bridge.
- How to carryout scour analysis using the HD module in HEC-RAS in order to
estimate the contraction scour as well as the local abutment and piers scour.

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The bridge is located in Benguela-Lubango , Angola. The catchment area
equals 158.67 Km2. The stream length is estimated as about 22 km and the
average catchment slope is 0.01 m/m. The following data are used in the
design:

a)c Roadway data and site data survey:

PGL at the bridge site = 514.524
Roadway width = 15m
Natural wadi bed level at bridge location (u/s side)= 509.68
Natural wadi bed level at bridge location (d/s side)= 509.60

b)c Rainfall data

Rainfall depth corresponding to the 50 yrs event (P50) = 142.5 mm
Rainfall depth corresponding to the 100 yrs event (P100) = 167.3 mm

c)c Catchment data

Catchment area = 158.67 km2
Max. stream length = 22 km
Average catchment slope = 0.01 m/m
Time of concentration (Bransby William) = 495.32 min.

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Based on the given data, the initial expected bridge span ranges from
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Based on this simple analysis, the initial guess of the proposed bridge
span will be taken as ½
with 2 sets of piers (interspacing = 20m).
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dimensions will be checked using the following HEC-RAS Hydraulic
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