• Overview
    • How to use this manual
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    • About this manual
  • Contents
    • Outline
    • List of Figures
    • List of Tables
  • 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 TUFLOW Products
    • 1.2 TUFLOW FV
      • 1.2.1 Flexible Mesh Finite Volume
      • 1.2.2 Add-on Modules
        • 1.2.2.1 Three Dimensional (3D) Module
        • 1.2.2.2 Sediment Transport (ST) Module
        • 1.2.2.3 Water Quality (WQ) Module
        • 1.2.2.4 Particle Tracking (PT) Module
        • 1.2.2.5 GPU Hardware (GPU) Module
  • 2 Architecture
    • 2.1 Overview
    • 2.2 Simulation Tiers
      • 2.2.1 Tier 1: Simulation Class
      • 2.2.2 Tier 2: Model Class
      • 2.2.3 Tier 3: Model Implementations
  • 3 Getting Started
    • 3.1 How to Build A Model
      • 3.1.1 Tutorial Models
      • 3.1.2 Example Models
      • 3.1.3 Licence Free Demo Mode
      • 3.1.4 Instructor Led TUFLOW Training Courses
      • 3.1.5 Webinars
    • 3.2 The TUFLOW Modelling Concept
      • 3.2.1 Notepad++
      • 3.2.2 QGIS / TUFLOW Viewer
      • 3.2.3 Aquaveo SMS Mesh Generator / TUFLOW FV Graphical User Interface
    • 3.3 Installing and Running TUFLOW
      • 3.3.1 TUFLOW FV Downloads and Installation
      • 3.3.2 Licensing
      • 3.3.3 Performing Simulations
        • 3.3.3.1 Parallelisation
      • 3.3.4 Hardware
    • 3.4 Tips and Tricks
  • 4 Folders, Control Files and Data Layers
    • 4.1 Folder Structure
    • 4.2 Control Files
      • 4.2.1 FVC
      • 4.2.2 TEF
      • 4.2.3 FVSED
      • 4.2.4 FVWQ
      • 4.2.5 FVPTM
      • 4.2.6 Include File
      • 4.2.7 Rules and Notation
      • 4.2.8 File Paths
    • 4.3 Input Files
      • 4.3.1 Overview
      • 4.3.2 Input GIS Layers
        • 4.3.2.1 GIS Vector Layer Commands
        • 4.3.2.2 GIS Vector Layer Naming Conventions
        • 4.3.2.3 GIS Vector Layer Attribute Interpretation
        • 4.3.2.4 GIS Vector Layer Object Interpretation
        • 4.3.2.5 GIS Raster Layer Commands
        • 4.3.2.6 GIS TIN Commands
    • 4.4 Output Files
  • 5 Model Construction: 2D HD Simulation Class
    • 5.1 Overview
      • 5.1.1 Using the Model Construction Chapters
      • 5.1.2 Recommended Workflow for Model Construction
    • 5.2 Model Initialisation
    • 5.3 Coordinate Reference Frame
      • 5.3.1 Command Status
      • 5.3.2 Description
      • 5.3.3 Cartesian (Metric Units)
      • 5.3.4 Spherical (Metric Units)
      • 5.3.5 Cartesian (US Customary Units)
    • 5.4 Hardware
      • 5.4.1 Command Status
      • 5.4.2 Description
      • 5.4.3 CPU
      • 5.4.4 GPU
    • 5.5 Spatial Order
      • 5.5.1 Command Status
      • 5.5.2 Description
      • 5.5.3 First Order
      • 5.5.4 Second Order
    • 5.6 Simulation Time Settings
      • 5.6.1 Command Status
      • 5.6.2 Description
      • 5.6.3 Hours
      • 5.6.4 ISODATE
    • 5.7 Computational Timestep
      • 5.7.1 Command Status
      • 5.7.2 Description
      • 5.7.3 Computational Timestep
    • 5.8 Wetting And Drying
      • 5.8.1 Command Status
      • 5.8.2 Description
      • 5.8.3 Wetting And Drying
    • 5.9 Bottom Drag
      • 5.9.1 Command Status
      • 5.9.2 Description
      • 5.9.3 Manning
      • 5.9.4 ks
    • 5.10 Horizontal Mixing
      • 5.10.1 Command Status
      • 5.10.2 Description
      • 5.10.3 None
      • 5.10.4 Constant
      • 5.10.5 Smagorinsky
      • 5.10.6 Wu
    • 5.11 Wind Stress
      • 5.11.1 Command Status
      • 5.11.2 Description
      • 5.11.3 Wu
      • 5.11.4 Constant
      • 5.11.5 Kondo
    • 5.12 Computational Mesh
      • 5.12.1 Command Status
      • 5.12.2 Description
      • 5.12.3 Unstructured Mesh
      • 5.12.4 Structured Mesh
    • 5.13 Bathymetry
      • 5.13.1 Command Status
      • 5.13.2 Description
      • 5.13.3 Static Bathymetry
        • 5.13.3.1 Static Bathymetry Layering
        • 5.13.3.2 Spatially Constant
        • 5.13.3.3 Direct Reading Of DEM Grids
        • 5.13.3.4 Direct Reading Of TINs
        • 5.13.3.5 Breakline Layers
        • 5.13.3.6 Polygon Layers
        • 5.13.3.7 Preprocessed Cell Elevations
        • 5.13.3.8 Bed Elevation Limits
      • 5.13.4 Time Varying Bathymetry
    • 5.14 Materials
      • 5.14.1 Command Status
      • 5.14.2 Description
        • 5.14.2.1 Material Properties
      • 5.14.3 Spatially Constant
      • 5.14.4 Spatially Varying
    • 5.15 Initial Conditions
      • 5.15.1 Command Status
      • 5.15.2 Description
      • 5.15.3 Spatially Constant
      • 5.15.4 Spatially Varying
      • 5.15.5 Restart File
    • 5.16 Boundary Conditions
      • 5.16.1 Command Status
      • 5.16.2 Description
        • 5.16.2.1 Step 1: Boundary Model Implementations
        • 5.16.2.2 Step 2: Boundary Location Definition
          • 5.16.2.2.1 Polyline
          • 5.16.2.2.2 Point
          • 5.16.2.2.3 Polygon
          • 5.16.2.2.4 Global
          • 5.16.2.2.5 Grid
          • 5.16.2.2.6 Moving Point
          • 5.16.2.2.7 Tropical Cyclone
          • 5.16.2.2.8 Spectral Wave
        • 5.16.2.3 Step 3: Boundary Condition Block
        • 5.16.2.4 Input Data For Boundary Conditions
          • 5.16.2.4.1 BC Header
          • 5.16.2.4.2 BC Scale
          • 5.16.2.4.3 BC Offset
          • 5.16.2.4.4 Temporal Handling Of Boundary Data
          • 5.16.2.4.5 Boundary Default Values
      • 5.16.3 Water Level
        • 5.16.3.1 WL
        • 5.16.3.2 WLS
        • 5.16.3.3 WL_CURT
      • 5.16.4 Inflow/Outflow
        • 5.16.4.1 Q
        • 5.16.4.2 QC
        • 5.16.4.3 QC_POLY
        • 5.16.4.4 QC_GRID
        • 5.16.4.5 QCM
        • 5.16.4.6 QG
      • 5.16.5 Stage-Discharge
        • 5.16.5.1 HQ
        • 5.16.5.2 QN
      • 5.16.6 Atmospheric
        • 5.16.6.1 W10
        • 5.16.6.2 PRECIP
        • 5.16.6.3 W10_GRID, MSLP_GRID, PRECIP_GRID
        • 5.16.6.4 CYC_HOLLAND
      • 5.16.7 Spectral Wave
        • 5.16.7.1 WAVE
        • 5.16.7.2 WAVE_COUPLED
      • 5.16.8 Force
        • 5.16.8.1 FORCE
        • 5.16.8.2 FORCE_POLY
        • 5.16.8.3 FORCEM
      • 5.16.9 Zero Gradient And Reflective
        • 5.16.9.1 ZG
        • 5.16.9.2 RS
        • 5.16.9.3 RNS
    • 5.17 Hydraulic Structures
      • 5.17.1 Command Status
      • 5.17.2 Description
        • 5.17.2.1 Step 1: Structure Types
        • 5.17.2.2 Step 2: Structure Connection Types
          • 5.17.2.2.1 Nodestring
          • 5.17.2.2.2 Linked Nodestrings
          • 5.17.2.2.3 Linked Zones
          • 5.17.2.2.4 Zone
        • 5.17.2.3 Step 3: Structure Block
      • 5.17.3 Weirs
        • 5.17.3.1 Weir
        • 5.17.3.2 Weir_dz
      • 5.17.4 Culverts
        • 5.17.4.1 Culvert
      • 5.17.5 Bridges
        • 5.17.5.1 Form Loss Coefficient
        • 5.17.5.2 Energy Loss Table
      • 5.17.6 User Defined Timeseries
        • 5.17.6.1 Timeseries
          • 5.17.6.1.1 Pumping Configuration
      • 5.17.7 Porous Structures
        • 5.17.7.1 Porous
      • 5.17.8 User Defined Matrix
        • 5.17.8.1 Matrix
      • 5.17.9 Walls
        • 5.17.9.1 Wall
      • 5.17.10 Variable Bathymetry
        • 5.17.10.1 Zb_Adjust
        • 5.17.10.2 dZb_Adjust
        • 5.17.10.3 Bathy_Database
      • 5.17.11 Operational Control
        • 5.17.11.1 Control Parameters
        • 5.17.11.2 Control Types
        • 5.17.11.3 Selecting an Operational Configuration
        • 5.17.11.4 Control Block
          • 5.17.11.4.1 Trigger Commands
          • 5.17.11.4.2 Timeseries Commands
          • 5.17.11.4.3 Sample Commands
          • 5.17.11.4.4 Sample Rule Commands
          • 5.17.11.4.5 Target Rule Commands
        • 5.17.11.5 Control Type Syntax
          • 5.17.11.5.1 Trigger
          • 5.17.11.5.2 Default Control File Format
          • 5.17.11.5.3 Timeseries
          • 5.17.11.5.4 Default Control File Format
          • 5.17.11.5.5 Sample
          • 5.17.11.5.6 Sample_Rule
          • 5.17.11.5.7 Default Control File Format
          • 5.17.11.5.8 Target_Rule
          • 5.17.11.5.9 Default Control File Format
        • 5.17.11.6 Supported Operational Control Combinations
          • 5.17.11.6.1 Weir
          • 5.17.11.6.2 Weir_dz
          • 5.17.11.6.3 Culvert
          • 5.17.11.6.4 User-defined Flow Matrix
          • 5.17.11.6.5 User-defined Flow Timeseries
          • 5.17.11.6.6 Porous Structure
          • 5.17.11.6.7 Variable Bathymetry
        • 5.17.11.7 Control Structure Review
    • 5.18 Model Output
      • 5.18.1 Command Status
      • 5.18.2 Description
        • 5.18.2.1 Output Model Implementations
        • 5.18.2.2 Output Directories
        • 5.18.2.3 Output Block
          • 5.18.2.3.1 Output Parameters
      • 5.18.3 Mesh
        • 5.18.3.1 Statistics
      • 5.18.4 Point
      • 5.18.5 Polyline
      • 5.18.6 Structure
      • 5.18.7 Mass Balance
      • 5.18.8 Mass
      • 5.18.9 Transport File
      • 5.18.10 Restart File
      • 5.18.11 Checks and Logs
        • 5.18.11.1 Check Files
        • 5.18.11.2 Log File
        • 5.18.11.3 Timestep Files
  • 6 Model Construction: 3D HD Simulation Class
    • 6.1 Overview
    • 6.2 Spatial Order
      • 6.2.1 Command Status
      • 6.2.2 Description
      • 6.2.3 First Order
      • 6.2.4 Second Order
    • 6.3 Computational Timestep
      • 6.3.1 Command Status
      • 6.3.2 Description
    • 6.4 Horizontal Mixing
      • 6.4.1 Command Status
      • 6.4.2 Description
    • 6.5 Vertical Mixing
      • 6.5.1 Command Status
      • 6.5.2 Description
      • 6.5.3 Constant
      • 6.5.4 Parametric
      • 6.5.5 K-Epsilon
      • 6.5.6 K-Omega
      • 6.5.7 K-Epsilon and K-Omega Extension Options
        • 6.5.7.1 Second Order Model
        • 6.5.7.2 Lengthscale Limiter
        • 6.5.7.3 Internal Wave Mixing Model
    • 6.6 Computational Mesh
      • 6.6.1 Command Status
      • 6.6.2 Description
      • 6.6.3 Sigma
      • 6.6.4 Z
    • 6.7 Materials
      • 6.7.1 Command Status
      • 6.7.2 Description
        • 6.7.2.1 Material Properties
    • 6.8 Initial Conditions
      • 6.8.1 Command Status
      • 6.8.2 Description
      • 6.8.3 Spatially Varying
    • 6.9 Boundary Conditions
      • 6.9.1 Command Status
      • 6.9.2 Description
        • 6.9.2.1 Boundary Model Implementations
        • 6.9.2.2 Boundary Location Definition
          • 6.9.2.2.1 Grid
        • 6.9.2.3 Boundary Condition Block
      • 6.9.3 Inflow/Outflow
        • 6.9.3.1 Vertical Distribution
        • 6.9.3.2 Boundary Face Interaction
        • 6.9.3.3 3D Flow Field
      • 6.9.4 Force
        • 6.9.4.1 Vertical Distribution
    • 6.10 Hydraulic Structures
      • 6.10.1 Command Status
      • 6.10.2 Description
      • 6.10.3 Structure Connection Types
        • 6.10.3.1 Vertical Distribution
    • 6.11 Model Outputs
      • 6.11.1 Command Status
      • 6.11.2 Description
        • 6.11.2.1 Output Model Implementations
        • 6.11.2.2 Output Block
          • 6.11.2.2.1 Output Parameters
      • 6.11.3 Mesh
      • 6.11.4 Point
      • 6.11.5 Profile
  • 7 Model Construction: AD Simulation Class
    • 7.1 Overview
    • 7.2 Salinity
      • 7.2.1 Command Status
      • 7.2.2 Description
      • 7.2.3 None
      • 7.2.4 Barotropic
      • 7.2.5 Baroclinic
    • 7.3 Temperature
      • 7.3.1 Command Status
      • 7.3.2 Description
      • 7.3.3 None
      • 7.3.4 Barotropic
      • 7.3.5 Baroclinic
    • 7.4 Tracer
      • 7.4.1 Command Status
      • 7.4.2 Description
      • 7.4.3 Conservative
      • 7.4.4 Decay
      • 7.4.5 Settling
      • 7.4.6 Water Age
    • 7.5 Horizontal Mixing
      • 7.5.1 Command Status
      • 7.5.2 Description
      • 7.5.3 None
      • 7.5.4 Constant
      • 7.5.5 Elder
      • 7.5.6 Smagorinsky
      • 7.5.7 Warmup
    • 7.6 Vertical Mixing
      • 7.6.1 Command Status
      • 7.6.2 Description
    • 7.7 Atmospheric Heat Exchange
      • 7.7.1 Command Status
      • 7.7.2 Description
      • 7.7.3 Shortwave Radiation Model
        • 7.7.3.1 Jacquet
        • 7.7.3.2 Zillman
      • 7.7.4 Longwave Radiation Model
        • 7.7.4.1 Net
        • 7.7.4.2 Incident (Direct)
        • 7.7.4.3 Incident (TVA)
        • 7.7.4.4 Incident (Zillman)
        • 7.7.4.5 Incident (Chapra)
      • 7.7.5 Latent Heat Model
        • 7.7.5.1 Vapour Pressure and Specific Humidity
          • 7.7.5.1.1 Magnus-Tetens
          • 7.7.5.1.2 Lowe and Reed
        • 7.7.5.2 Bulk Aerodynamic Latent Heat Transfer Coefficient
          • 7.7.5.2.1 Constant
          • 7.7.5.2.2 Kondo
        • 7.7.5.3 Latent Heat of Vaporisation
          • 7.7.5.3.1 Kondo
      • 7.7.6 Sensible Heat Model
        • 7.7.6.1 Bulk Aerodynamic Sensible Heat Transfer Coefficient
          • 7.7.6.1.1 Constant
          • 7.7.6.1.2 Kondo
    • 7.8 Wind Stress
      • 7.8.1 Command Status
      • 7.8.2 Description
      • 7.8.3 Kondo
    • 7.9 Materials
      • 7.9.1 Command Status
      • 7.9.2 Description
    • 7.10 Initial Conditions
      • 7.10.1 Command Status
      • 7.10.2 Description
      • 7.10.3 Spatially Constant
        • 7.10.3.1 Two Dimensional
        • 7.10.3.2 Three Dimensional
      • 7.10.4 Spatially Varying
        • 7.10.4.1 Two Dimensional
        • 7.10.4.2 Three Dimensional
      • 7.10.5 Ocean General Circulation Model
      • 7.10.6 Restart File
    • 7.11 Boundary Conditions
      • 7.11.1 Command Status
      • 7.11.2 Description
        • 7.11.2.1 Step 1: Boundary Model Implementations
        • 7.11.2.2 Step 2: Boundary Location Definition
          • 7.11.2.2.1 Grid
        • 7.11.2.3 Step 3: Boundary Condition Block
        • 7.11.2.4 Input Data For Boundary Conditions
          • 7.11.2.4.1 BC Header, BC Scale, BC Offset and BC Default
          • 7.11.2.4.2 Trace Header, Trace Scale, Trace Offset and Trace Default
      • 7.11.3 Water Level
      • 7.11.4 Inflow/Outflow
        • 7.11.4.1 Outflow Scalar Concentration Handling
      • 7.11.5 Stage Discharge
      • 7.11.6 Atmospheric
        • 7.11.6.1 AIR_TEMP
        • 7.11.6.2 CLOUD
        • 7.11.6.3 LW_NET
        • 7.11.6.4 LW_RAD
        • 7.11.6.5 PRECIP
        • 7.11.6.6 REL_HUM
        • 7.11.6.7 SW_RAD
        • 7.11.6.8 Gridded Atmospheric Boundary Conditions
      • 7.11.7 Ocean Circulation Model
        • 7.11.7.1 OBC_GRID
      • 7.11.8 Mass Flux
        • 7.11.8.1 FC
        • 7.11.8.2 FC_POLY
        • 7.11.8.3 FCM
        • 7.11.8.4 FC_GRID
      • 7.11.9 Scalar Concentration
        • 7.11.9.1 SCALAR
        • 7.11.9.2 CP
        • 7.11.9.3 CP_POLY
      • 7.11.10 Transport File
    • 7.12 Hydraulic Structures
      • 7.12.1 Command Status
      • 7.12.2 Description
        • 7.12.2.1 Structure Types
      • 7.12.3 Bubble Plumes
        • 7.12.3.1 Bubbler
        • 7.12.3.2 Compressor
      • 7.12.4 Operational Control
        • 7.12.4.1 Control Parameters
        • 7.12.4.2 Control Types
        • 7.12.4.3 Control Block
        • 7.12.4.4 Airflow_Compressor and Airflow_Bubbler Control Examples
    • 7.13 Model Outputs
      • 7.13.1 Command Status
      • 7.13.2 Description
        • 7.13.2.1 Output Block
          • 7.13.2.1.1 Output Parameters
      • 7.13.3 Mesh
      • 7.13.4 Points
      • 7.13.5 Profiles
      • 7.13.6 Polyline
      • 7.13.7 Structure
        • 7.13.7.1 Bubble Plumes
      • 7.13.8 Mass Balance
      • 7.13.9 Mass
      • 7.13.10 Restart File
  • 8 Model Construction: ST Simulation Class
    • 8.1 Overview
    • 8.2 Sediment
      • 8.2.1 Command Status
      • 8.2.2 Description
      • 8.2.3 None
      • 8.2.4 Barotropic
      • 8.2.5 Baroclinic
    • 8.3 Sediment Configuration
      • 8.3.1 Command Status
      • 8.3.2 Description
    • 8.4 Bottom Drag
      • 8.4.1 Command Status
      • 8.4.2 Description
    • 8.5 Atmospheric Heat Exchange
      • 8.5.1 Command Status
      • 8.5.2 Description
      • 8.5.3 Shortwave Radiation Model
    • 8.6 Bathymetry
      • 8.6.1 Command Status
      • 8.6.2 Description
    • 8.7 Initial Conditions
      • 8.7.1 Command Status
      • 8.7.2 Description
      • 8.7.3 Spatially Constant
        • 8.7.3.1 Two Dimensional
        • 8.7.3.2 Three Dimensional
      • 8.7.4 Spatially Varying
        • 8.7.4.1 Two Dimensional
        • 8.7.4.2 Three Dimensional
      • 8.7.5 Restart File
    • 8.8 Boundary Conditions
      • 8.8.1 Command Status
      • 8.8.2 Description
        • 8.8.2.1 Boundary Model Implementations
        • 8.8.2.2 Boundary Location Definition
        • 8.8.2.3 Boundary Condition Block
        • 8.8.2.4 Input Data For Boundary Conditions
          • 8.8.2.4.1 Sed Header, Sed Scale, Sed Offset and Sed Default
      • 8.8.3 Water Level
      • 8.8.4 Inflow/Outflow
      • 8.8.5 Stage Discharge
      • 8.8.6 Ocean Circulation Model
      • 8.8.7 Mass Flux
        • 8.8.7.1 FC
        • 8.8.7.2 FC_POLY
        • 8.8.7.3 FCM
        • 8.8.7.4 FC_GRID
        • 8.8.7.5 FB
        • 8.8.7.6 FB_POLY
        • 8.8.7.7 FBM
      • 8.8.8 Scalar Concentration
        • 8.8.8.1 SCALAR
        • 8.8.8.2 CP
        • 8.8.8.3 CP_POLY
      • 8.8.9 Transport File
    • 8.9 Hydraulic Structures
      • 8.9.1 Command Status
      • 8.9.2 Description
    • 8.10 Model Outputs
      • 8.10.1 Command Status
      • 8.10.2 Description
        • 8.10.2.1 Output Block
          • 8.10.2.1.1 Output Parameters
      • 8.10.3 Mesh
      • 8.10.4 Points
      • 8.10.5 Profiles
      • 8.10.6 Polyline
      • 8.10.7 Structure
        • 8.10.7.1 Bubble Plumes
      • 8.10.8 Mass Balance
      • 8.10.9 Mass
      • 8.10.10 Restart File
  • 9 Model Construction: WQ Simulation Class
    • 9.1 Overview
    • 9.2 Water Quality
      • 9.2.1 Command Status
      • 9.2.2 Description
      • 9.2.3 None
      • 9.2.4 TUFLOW
    • 9.3 Water Quality Configuration
    • 9.4 Initial Conditions
      • 9.4.1 Command Status
      • 9.4.2 Description
      • 9.4.3 Spatially Constant
        • 9.4.3.1 Two Dimensional
        • 9.4.3.2 Three Dimensional
      • 9.4.4 Spatially Varying
        • 9.4.4.1 Two Dimensional
        • 9.4.4.2 Three Dimensional
      • 9.4.5 Restart File
    • 9.5 Boundary Conditions
      • 9.5.1 Command Status
      • 9.5.2 Description
        • 9.5.2.1 Step 1: Boundary Model Implementations
        • 9.5.2.2 Boundary Location Definition
        • 9.5.2.3 Step 3: Boundary Condition Block
        • 9.5.2.4 Input Data For Boundary Conditions
          • 9.5.2.4.1 WQ Header, WQ Scale, WQ Offset and WQ Default
      • 9.5.3 Water Level
      • 9.5.4 Inflow/Outflow
      • 9.5.5 Stage Discharge
      • 9.5.6 Ocean Circulation Model
      • 9.5.7 Mass Flux
        • 9.5.7.1 FC
        • 9.5.7.2 FC_POLY
        • 9.5.7.3 FCM
        • 9.5.7.4 FC_GRID
      • 9.5.8 Scalar Concentration
        • 9.5.8.1 SCALAR
        • 9.5.8.2 CP
        • 9.5.8.3 CP_POLY
      • 9.5.9 Transport File
    • 9.6 Hydraulic Structures
      • 9.6.1 Command Status
      • 9.6.2 Description
    • 9.7 Model Outputs
      • 9.7.1 Command Status
      • 9.7.2 Description
        • 9.7.2.1 Output Model Implementations
        • 9.7.2.2 Output Block
          • 9.7.2.2.1 Output Parameters
      • 9.7.3 Mesh
      • 9.7.4 Points
      • 9.7.5 Profiles
      • 9.7.6 Polyline
      • 9.7.7 Structure
        • 9.7.7.1 Bubble Plumes
      • 9.7.8 Mass Balance
      • 9.7.9 Mass
      • 9.7.10 Restart File
  • 10 Model Construction: PT Simulation Class
    • 10.1 Overview
    • 10.2 Particle Tracking Configuration
      • 10.2.1 Command Status
      • 10.2.2 Description
    • 10.3 Initial Conditions
    • 10.4 Boundary Conditions
    • 10.5 Hydraulic Structures
    • 10.6 Model Outputs
      • 10.6.1 Command Status
      • 10.6.2 Description
        • 10.6.2.1 Output Model Implementations
        • 10.6.2.2 Output Block
          • 10.6.2.2.1 Output Parameters
      • 10.6.3 Mesh
      • 10.6.4 Points
      • 10.6.5 Profiles
      • 10.6.6 Polyline
      • 10.6.7 Structure
      • 10.6.8 Mass Balance
      • 10.6.9 Mass
      • 10.6.10 Restart File
  • 11 Managing And Starting Simulations
    • 11.1 Overview
    • 11.2 File Naming
    • 11.3 Simulation Management
      • 11.3.1 Overview
      • 11.3.2 Nomenclature
      • 11.3.3 Events
        • 11.3.3.1 TUFLOW Event File
        • 11.3.3.2 Running Events
        • 11.3.3.3 Event Examples
        • 11.3.3.4 Additional Functionality
          • 11.3.3.4.1 Event Logic Blocks
          • 11.3.3.4.2 Events as Variables
      • 11.3.4 Scenarios
        • 11.3.4.1 Running Scenarios
        • 11.3.4.2 Scenario Examples
      • 11.3.5 Variables
    • 11.4 Auto Terminate (Simulation End) Options
  • Appendix
  • A Commands
  • B Science
    • B.1 Overview
    • B.2 Governing Equations
    • B.3 Scalar Conservation Equations
    • B.4 Numerical Scheme
      • B.4.1 Discrete System
      • B.4.2 Spatial Order
      • B.4.3 Mode Splitting
      • B.4.4 Flux Terms
        • B.4.4.1 Viscous Fluxes
          • B.4.4.1.1 Horizontal Viscous Fluxes
          • B.4.4.1.2 Vertical Viscous Fluxes
        • B.4.4.2 Inviscid Fluxes
          • B.4.4.2.1 Internal Mode
          • B.4.4.2.2 External Mode
          • B.4.4.2.3 Flux Correction
          • B.4.4.2.4 Scalar Inviscid Fluxes
        • B.4.4.3 Total Flux
        • B.4.4.4 Flux Spatial Integration
      • B.4.5 Computational Timestep
        • B.4.5.1 Stability Criterion
        • B.4.5.2 Model Timestep 2D
        • B.4.5.3 Model Timestep 3D
        • B.4.5.4 General Usage Guidance
      • B.4.6 Time Integration
      • B.4.7 Wetting and Drying
      • B.4.8 Source Terms
        • B.4.8.1 Bed Slope
        • B.4.8.2 Coriolis Force
        • B.4.8.3 Wind Stress
        • B.4.8.4 Bed Friction
        • B.4.8.5 Mean Sea Level and Baroclinic Pressure Gradients
        • B.4.8.6 Wave Radiation Stress
        • B.4.8.7 Scalar Decay
        • B.4.8.8 Scalar Settling
        • B.4.8.9 Other Sources/Sinks
    • B.5 Atmospheric Heat Exchange
      • B.5.1 Shortwave Radiation
        • B.5.1.1 Jacquet
        • B.5.1.2 Zillman
      • B.5.2 Longwave Radiation
        • B.5.2.1 Net
        • B.5.2.2 Incident (Direct)
        • B.5.2.3 Incident (TVA)
        • B.5.2.4 Incident (Zillman)
        • B.5.2.5 Incident (Chapra)
      • B.5.3 Latent Heat Flux
        • B.5.3.1 Vapour Pressures and Specific Humidities
          • B.5.3.1.1 Magnus-Tetens
          • B.5.3.1.2 Lowe and Reed
          • B.5.3.1.3 Kondo Atmospheric Stability
        • B.5.3.2 Latent Heat of Vaporisation
          • B.5.3.2.1 Constant
          • B.5.3.2.2 Kondo
        • B.5.3.3 Latent Heat Flux
          • B.5.3.3.1 Evaporation Correction
      • B.5.4 Sensible Heat Flux
      • B.5.5 Total Heat Flux
    • B.6 Hardware
      • B.6.1 Science
        • B.6.1.1 CPU vs GPU Results
        • B.6.1.2 Compatible Graphics Cards
        • B.6.1.3 Updating NVIDIA Drivers
        • B.6.1.4 Troubleshooting
    • B.7 Horizontal Momentum Mixing Model
      • B.7.1 None
      • B.7.2 Constant
      • B.7.3 Smagorinsky
      • B.7.4 Wu
    • B.8 Horizontal Scalar Mixing Model
      • B.8.1 None
      • B.8.2 Constant
      • B.8.3 Elder
      • B.8.4 Smagorinsky
    • B.9 Wind Stress
      • B.9.1 Wu
      • B.9.2 Constant
      • B.9.3 Kondo
    • B.10 Vertical Mixing Model
      • B.10.1 Science
        • B.10.1.1 Parametric
        • B.10.1.2 K-Epsilon
        • B.10.1.3 K-Omega
        • B.10.1.4 Second Order Model
        • B.10.1.5 Lengthscale Limiter
        • B.10.1.6 Internal Wave Mixing Model
    • B.11 Outputs
      • B.11.1 Mass Balance
        • B.11.1.1 HD
        • B.11.1.2 AD
        • B.11.1.3 ST
        • B.11.1.4 WQ
    • B.12 Hydraulic Structures
      • B.12.1 Structure Types
        • B.12.1.1 Weirs
        • B.12.1.2 Culverts
          • B.12.1.2.1 Culvert Regimes
          • B.12.1.2.2 Automatic Entry/Exit Loss Adjustment
          • B.12.1.2.3 Total Energy Head
          • B.12.1.2.4 Culvert File
        • B.12.1.3 Bridges
          • B.12.1.3.1 Form Loss Coefficient
          • B.12.1.3.2 Energy Loss Table
          • B.12.1.3.3 Energy Loss Considerations
        • B.12.1.4 User Defined Timeseries
        • B.12.1.5 Porous
        • B.12.1.6 User Defined Matrix
        • B.12.1.7 Walls
        • B.12.1.8 Bubble Plumes
      • B.12.2 Structure Connection Types
  • References

TUFLOW FV User Manual 2026.0

Section 3 Getting Started

3 Getting Started

  3.1 How to Build A Model

    3.1.1 Tutorial Models

    3.1.2 Example Models

    3.1.3 Licence Free Demo Mode

    3.1.4 Instructor Led TUFLOW Training Courses

    3.1.5 Webinars

  3.2 The TUFLOW Modelling Concept

    3.2.1 Notepad++

    3.2.2 QGIS / TUFLOW Viewer

    3.2.3 Aquaveo SMS Mesh Generator / TUFLOW FV Graphical User Interface

  3.3 Installing and Running TUFLOW

    3.3.1 TUFLOW FV Downloads and Installation

    3.3.2 Licensing

    3.3.3 Performing Simulations

      3.3.3.1 Parallelisation

    3.3.4 Hardware

  3.4 Tips and Tricks