Read the SMS help file and user's manual (PDF file), and answer the following questions:

1) How many model components in the SMS?
   What is the capability of each model component?

2) What is the capability of the SMS? Give some SMS application examples in hydraulic engineering.

3) The application of the SMS generally include the following steps:

a) a-1:  generate grid or mesh
   Can you use a) a image map file, b) a DXF fiel to generate mesh or grid?

  a-2. You can also direct use existing mesh or grid file.
   How many kinds of format can be used in "Import" option?

b). Specify boundary conditions
    What are the boundary conditions for RMA2 model

c) Run the model
 For RMA2 model, what are the procedures to run the model,
 

Home Work # 2:  Due Oct 12
Instigating the application of WSPRO model in SMS to determine surface water profile in a open channel:
(  Right Click  to save in your own directory for the SWPRO User's Manual
1) In SMS6.0 user manual PDF file, read Chapter 11 and Chapter 12.
These two chapter describe the application of River Module and WSPRO model to calculate surface water profile in rivers affected by various hydraulic structures, such as bridge, culvert...

2) Please answer the following questions (5 points for each question)

a) What is River Module in SMS,

b) What is the capability of WSPRO

c) how many types of hydraulic structures described in the SMS6.0 user manual?
can you name others?

d) Can you use only River Module to calculate the surface profile?

e) Describe the general proceedures to calculate the surface profile.

f) what upstream and downstream boundary conditions you have to specify?

g) How the model handels the hydraulic sytructures?

f) What you can obtain and show from the model outputs?
 

3) Apply SMS-(River Module and WSPRO) to repeat your previous home work #1 for open channel flow
(Optional, 10 points bonus)