Author(s)

L. Skertchly & J.R Miles

Abstract

This paper describes a CAD method which consists of three stages: model formulation, controller design, and system simulation. In the first stage the parameters for a simplified model of the dynamic response of the downstream water depth in a canal reach when an excitation is applied at the upstream end are obtained. Here, each reach is dealt with as a single system. The resultant model response can be compared to the one obtained by numerical simulation. The second stage concerns the selection of control parameters for the design of a controller with a prescribed algorithm. The input signal is the inflow to the reach and the output the water depth at the downstream end of the reach. In the third stage, the resultant control algorithm, for the multi-reach system, can be simulated using the Preissmann disc

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