Method and system for water flow analysis
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for modeling flow of water of a site having sources of water and areas of land uses, the method comprising:
- providing objects representing areas of a land use, each object for calculating the outflow of water for that area based on an inflow of water and attributes of the object;
providing objects representing sources of water, each object for calculating the outflow of that source of water;
generating a graphical representation of flow of water dependencies of the areas and the sources of water, the dependencies indicating an outflow from an area or source of water to an inflow of an area, each area and water source having an associated object;
receiving attributes describing each area and each source of water of the site; and
performing a simulation of water flow by, for each of a plurality of time increments, invoking the object associated with each source of water to calculate the outflow of that source of water for that time increment; and
invoking the object associated with each area in accordance with the dependencies to calculate the outflow of that area for that time increment.
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Abstract
A method and system for modeling water flow of a watershed restoration project. The modeling system allows a user to create a graphical representation of the different areas of a development site design. The graphical representation shows the water flows between the different areas. The user may also specify the attributes of each area, such as rate of infiltration, runoff coefficient, size, rate of evapotranspiration, and so on. The modeling system can simulate the impact of rainfall on the development design. The simulation determines the inflow of water to each area and determines the outflow of water for each area. The results of this simulation can be used to evaluate the development design and adjust the design to achieve the desired cost-benefit balance of the watershed protection criteria of choice.
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29 Claims
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1. A method in a computer system for modeling flow of water of a site having sources of water and areas of land uses, the method comprising:
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providing objects representing areas of a land use, each object for calculating the outflow of water for that area based on an inflow of water and attributes of the object;
providing objects representing sources of water, each object for calculating the outflow of that source of water;
generating a graphical representation of flow of water dependencies of the areas and the sources of water, the dependencies indicating an outflow from an area or source of water to an inflow of an area, each area and water source having an associated object;
receiving attributes describing each area and each source of water of the site; and
performing a simulation of water flow by, for each of a plurality of time increments, invoking the object associated with each source of water to calculate the outflow of that source of water for that time increment; and
invoking the object associated with each area in accordance with the dependencies to calculate the outflow of that area for that time increment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method in a computer system for modeling flow of water of a site having areas of each land use and sources of water, the method comprising:
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generating a graphical representation of the flow of water dependencies of areas and sources of water of the site, the dependencies indicating an outflow from an area or source of water to an inflow of an area;
receiving attributes describing each area and each source of water; and
performing a simulation of flow of water by, for each of a plurality of time increments, calculating the outflow of each source of water for that time increment based on the attributes of the source of water; and
calculating the outflow of each area for that time increment based on the inflows and attributes of that area. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method in a computer system for modeling flow of water of a site having areas of each land use and sources of water, the method comprising:
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generating a graphical representation of the flow of water dependencies of areas and sources of water of the site, the dependencies indicating an outflow from an area or source of water to an inflow of an area;
receiving attributes describing each area and each source of water; and
performing a simulation of flow of water based on the attributes and dependencies of the areas and source of water. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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