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TUFLOW extends the ‘elevation vs nodal area’ table by 5 m (as you can see from the last 2 numbers in the table above), which allows for the calculation of pressurised pipe flow when a manhole is drawn. If the maximum 1D water level is higher than the dem, that means the manhole was drawn and pressurised during the peak of the flood. <br>
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==How to represent the hydraulic behavior at the outlet of a pipe, including headwalls and transitions to open channels? ==
In general, pipe outlet headwalls affect the exit loss at the pipe outlet, and this can be modeled by changing the 1d_nwk “ExitC_or_WSb” attribute – exit loss coefficient for outlet controlled flow. The default exit loss coefficient is 1.0, assuming there is no headwall, so you can adjust this value accordingly. For more details on these factors, refer to Table 5-3 in the Manual.
More guidance on applying entry/loss and contraction coefficients is available [[TUFLOW_1D_Channels_and_Hydraulic_Structures#What_entry.2Fexit_loss_and_contraction_coefficients_should_I_use_for_1D_culverts.3F | here]].
Once the water is in the 2D domain, headwalls can also affect the local flow field. The modelled hydraulic behavior depends on the model cell size. If your model has grid size smaller than the length of the headwall, you can add thin breaklines or 2d_zsh tin to represent the geometry in the 2D model. If the grid size is larger than the headwall, it only calculates ‘cell-averaged’ velocity including the impact of the headwall, so you won’t be able to see any complicated flow behavior.
==Calculating velocity and bed shear stress at a pipe outlet==
This depends on the model cell size. If the cell size is small enough and any outlets structures (i.e. wingwalls) are properly represented by the 2d cell/face elevations, TUFLOW can reasonably represent the flow field at the pipe outlet and estimate the bed shear stress base on the manning’s equation. However, be aware that TUFLOW solves 2D depth-averaged shallow water equation, so there is limitation of using it to estimate bed shear stress around complex structures or geometry that could experience vertical acceleration or re-circulation.
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