SIC²

Hydraulic modelling software for canal networks

SIC² (Integrated Simulation of Canals and their Control) computes steady and unsteady flows in irrigation and drainage canals, and helps design their control. It is developed and maintained by UMR G-EAU (INRAE).

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PreambleWhat SIC² is, who it is for, how to read this documentation. InstallationSystem requirements, setup and protection key. User manualGetting started with EdiSic: geometry, hydraulics and results modes. Theoretical guideEquations, numerical schemes and computation methods. CassiopéeOnline hydraulic calculations with Cassiopée. Commercial informationLicences, pricing and contact.

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SIC Documentation (217 pages)

• Preamble
  • Preamble
• User’s Guide
  • General presentation of EdiSIC
    • The project concept and the XML data file
    • The three modes: geometry, hydraulic and result
    • The main window of EdiSIC
    • The protection key
    • Menu Options > Options
    • Specifications of the different licenses of SIC software
  • Installation
    • Install the Actikey dongle
      • Installing the USB dongle
      • Advanced settings of the USB dongle
      • Installing parallel dongle
    • Hardware specifications
    • Installation procedure
  • Geometry mode
    • Automatic Canal Modelisation
      • How to use the tools of automatic canal modeling
      • Portion definition
      • Nodes and reaches modification
      • Sections modification
      • Chainage and bottom elevation modification
      • Section Profiles modification
      • Interpolation of sections
      • Section settings modification
      • Network chart modification
      • Geolocalisation
    • Creating a network (nodes and reaches)
    • Creation of section and description of cross sections
    • Predefined profiles: managing a library of cross sections
    • Import sections and cross profiles in text format
    • Import geometry from Mascaret or HEC-RAS file
    • Import geometry from Mike 11 file
    • Import geometry from a DTM or a geometer reading
    • Add/Change a background map
    • Photos associated with network elements
    • Description of a node and a pond
    • Modification of network structure
    • Network inconsistencies management
    • Sections, branches and longitudinal profiles display.
    • Mesh generation (Talweg)
    • Compatibility with older version (.TAL geometry files)
    • Export profiles of all sections with X, Y, Z format.
    • Change of the bathymetry with an external file
  • Hydraulic mode
    • Parameters for calculating and writing results
      • Parameters for calculating and writing results
      • Steady flow calculation parameters
      • Unsteady flow calculation parameters
      • Time settings
      • Settings for results writing
      • General settings
    • Devices description
      • Devices available in SIC
      • Discharge equations at devices
      • Overflow (Overtopping a gate)
      • GEC-Alsthom gates (AMIL, AVIS, AVIO, Mixtes)
    • Description of the offtakes and boundary conditions
      • Description of the offtakes
      • Upstream boundary condition of a model
      • Downstream boundary condition of the model
    • Parametrized variables
      • Management of parameterized variables
      • Format of the .par file
    • The project explorer
    • Definition of the roughness (Manning)
    • Definition of lateral flow (infiltration)
    • Definition of the calculation mode at nodes
    • Initialisation of the calculation at diffluences
    • The boundary conditions
    • Cross structures description
    • Consistency of the hydraulic scenario
    • Checking of initial discharges
    • Time laws
    • Management of variables (synthetic visualization)
    • Scenario and variant: operating instructions
    • Running a steady state calculation (FLUVIA)
    • Running an unsteady-state calculation (SIRENE)
  • Results mode
    • Overview of results
    • Longitudinal profiles of water elevation and discharge
    • Data available in the results
    • The results tables
    • Results for objects of the same type
    • Results time series for a selected object
    • Advanced settings of results tables
    • Color status used in results tables
    • Flags meaning
    • Create a video file from a graphic animation
  • Regulation modules
    • The AMIL method
      • The AMIL method
      • Exemple of calculation routine CAMIL (Amil gates)
    • The AVIS - AVIO method
      • The AVIS - AVIO method
      • Exemple of calculation routine CGEC (Avis and Avio gates)
    • The PID method
      • The PID method
      • Example of LPID reading routine
      • Example of calculation routine CPID
    • Regulation modules
    • General parameters for U
    • General parameters for Y
    • Targeted values for Y
    • General parameters for Z
    • Specific Parameters
    • Compilation
    • Remarks on regulation modules
    • The ATV method
    • The ATVPID method
    • The BIVAL method
    • The BOLST method
    • The BOMAT method
    • The BOSCIL method
    • The DIGEST method
    • The DSS method
    • The FILEX method (FILe EXchange)
    • The LP method
    • The MATLAB method
    • The PLOT method
    • The POMPES method
    • The PRINT method
    • The QSCP method
    • The SCADA method
    • The SCILAB method
    • The STEPS method
    • The STOP method
    • The USER1 to USER9 methods
    • The WDLANG method
  • Quality Module
    • Presentation
    • Adding an Quality module to an hydraulic scenario
    • Definition of the quality classes
    • Initial conditions for fix classes
    • Exchange laws
    • Boundary conditions
    • Meteorological parameters
    • Calculation settings
  • Tutorials for using SIC software
    • How to make a network
    • How to perform a steady state simulation (FLUVIA)
    • How to perform a transient simulation (SIRENE)
    • Simulating a check valve with a WDLANG module
  • Control SIC from other programs (Batch mode)
    • Introduction
    • Import of .TAL and .FLU files in batch mode
    • Import sections in text format
    • EdiSIC macro mode : an alternative to the command line
    • Importing an initial condition for a transient flow simulation
    • Running TALWEG, FLUVIA and SIRENE from the command line
    • SicExport: text-format results export utility
  • Appendix
    • Appendix
    • Supercritical discharge modelling
    • Dry bed modelling
    • Triangular weir modelling
    • Equation and devices calibration (gates and weirs)
    • Modeling of an in-line pump
    • Abacus of the Gec-Alsthom gates
    • TAL file format (SIC version 4.33)
    • FLU file format (SIC version 4.33)
    • SIR file format (SIC version 4.33)
• Theoretical concepts
  • Unit 1 - Topology - Geometry
    • Description of the hydraulic network
      • Description of the hydraulic network
      • Choice of reaches
      • Choice of branches
    • Classification of reaches
      • Classification of reaches
      • Identification of the upstream and downstream nodes of the model
    • Description of cross sections
      • Description of data cross sections
      • Abscissa-elevation
      • Width-elevation
      • Parametric form
      • Siphons
    • How to order the reaches in the unknown vector to get an upper triangular matrix H
    • Filling the H, B and A blocks
    • Singular sections
    • Computational sections
    • Introduction
    • Transformation of a data section into width-elevation format
    • Interpolation of computational sections
    • Interpolation of singular sections
    • Sort algorithm for the reaches of the loop before the steady flow computation - Initial solution
    • Correcting equations
    • Resolution of the linear system of the correcting equations
  • Unit 2 - Steady flow
    • Cross structure equations
      • Cross structure equations
      • CEM88(D) : Weir / Orifice (high sill elevation)
      • CEM88(V) : Weir / Undershot gate (small sill elevation)
      • CEM02(V) et CEM02(D) : Trapezoidal sills and gates
    • Equation at a singular section
      • Equation at a singular section
      • Regulator
    • Offtake equations
      • Offtake equations
      • Offtake downstream conditions
    • Numerical methods
      • Numerical methods
      • Recapitulation of the Newton’s method
      • Resolution of the water surface profile equation
      • Computation of the critical depth
      • Computation at a singular section
      • Computation of the offtake opening
    • Unit 2 - Steady flow
    • Introduction
    • Equation of gradually varied flow in a reach
    • Differential equation of the water surface profile
  • Unit 3 - Unsteady flow
    • Saint-Venant’s equations
      • Saint-Venant’s equations
      • Continuity equations
      • Dynamic equation
      • Initial and boundary conditions
    • Semi-implicit discretization
      • Semi-implicit discretization
      • General equations of the scheme
      • Continuity equations
      • Dynamic equation
    • Performance indicators
      • Performance indicators
      • Volume indicators
      • Time indicators
    • Introduction
    • Double sweep method - General case
    • Singularities
    • Offtakes of the form Qp(t)
    • Offtakes of the form w(t)
    • List of symbols
  • Quality module
    • Exchange law library
      • Exchange laws for nutrients
        • Exponential growth with fixed coefficient
      • Exchange laws for sediment
        • Sediment transport
        • Engelund-Hansen (1967)
      • Exchange laws for algae
        • Algal detachment in response to flushing
        • Algal growth (PhD Thesis, O. Fovet, 2010, p.101)
        • Algual detachment in response to flushing with reference shear stress equal to the first time step
      • Exchange law for the temperature
        • Evolution of the temperature
      • Exchange laws
    • Introduction
    • Advection–Diffusion Transport Equation
    • Concepts and equations at a node
    • Network computation
    • Steady state calculation
    • Transient calculation
    • Transiant calculation for fix classes
    • Temperature simulation
  • Theoretical concepts
  • Introduction

Commercial informations (1 pages)

• Commercial information

Hydraulic calculations with Cassiopée (1 pages)

• Hydraulic calculations with Cassiopée

Legal notice

• Legal notice