Implementing of the JPWSPC method in RIV1H for unsteady flow modeling in general river networks

Abstract

Abstract RIV1H is the stand-alone hydraulic program of CE-QUAL-RIV1, a longitudinal hydraulic and water quality model developed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. RIV1H solves the Saint-Venant equations using the widely accepted four-point implicit Preissmann scheme, and the resulting nonlinear equations are solved using the Newton-Raphson method. RIV1H is capable of simulating multiple branches, and in-stream hydraulic control structures. It treats tributary networks using a double sweep algorithm based on upstream ordering of the branches. It treats the control structures following a downstream solution order, which also is based on the upstream ordering of the branches. Since an upstream ordering cannot be achieved for looped networks, RIV1H is only applicable to non-looped tributary networks. In the current study, the junction-point water stage prediction and correction (JPWSPC) method is extended to take into account the control structures and the method is used to improve the RIV1H model, enabling it to be applied to both non-looped and looped networks with in-stream hydraulic control structures. The JPWSPC method makes the linear equation system for each segment complete while maintaining the banded property, thus the system can be independently and efficiently solved. It has the advantages to be efficient, robust, and very suitable for parallel computing. The improved RIV1H model was tested using two idealized networks and the results demonstrated the success of the improvement.