Polubarinova-Kochina-solutions

(Standalone GUI executables for Windows and Mac)

Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences / Jackson School of Geosciences / University of Texas Institute for Geophysics The University of Texas at Austin

Getting Started

Overview

This codes solves the Polubarina-Kochina equations for low aspect ratio dam problems where upper lake level is close to the length of the dam. The GUI standalone executables are compatible with Mac and Windows (available here). The results have been validated with [1].

Variables [Dimension] (refer to paper [1])

L: Length of dam [L], H: Lower lake height [L], H1: Upper lake height [L], H0: Seepage face height [L], C: Pbk parameter [-],
Alpha: Pbk parameter [-], Beta: Pbk parameter [-], z: Free surface height [L], x: horizontal dimension [L]

Relevant file paths

Quick Usage

Executable GUI (Windows and Mac)

Download the executables from Google drive.
Run the exe file (takes a few seconds to boot).:

a. Mac: - If it does not recognize the file, then: - Change permissions of the file using chmod 777 Pbk_Mac - Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click General. You can grant an exception for a blocked app by clicking the “Open Anyway” button in the General pane (takes about 2-10 minutes to appear).

b. Windows: Run as Administrator

Python with GUI (Windows, Mac and Linux)

Dependences for Python program

Python version 3.5+
Numpy >= 1.16
scipy >=1.5
PySimpleGUI >= 4.55.1
Matplotlib >= 3.5.0

Install the dependencies in a "Spyder" environment:

i. For windows, remove scipy and numpy installed in conda and install using pip

conda remove --force numpy, scipy
conda install python=3.7
pip install numpy
pip install scipy
pip install matplotlib
pip install PySimpleGUI

Download the github repository and unzip the package contents or clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/mashadab/Polubarinova-Kochina-solutions

Run the python program "Pbk_GUI.py" in Spyder environment

Output (Windows and Mac)

The output files include:

details.csv: Information regading the input and output variables
free-surface-profiles_XandZ.csv: Free surface profile (X vs Z)
free-surface-profile.pdf: High-res image of the output figure
free-surface-profile.png: Low-res image of the output figure

Authors

Mohammad Afzal Shadab ([email protected])
Eric Hiatt ([email protected])
Marc Andre Hesse ([email protected])

References / Related publications

[1] Hornung, U. and Krueger, T., 1985. Evaluation of the Polubarinova‐Kochina formula for the dam problem. Water Resources Research, 21(3), pp.395-398.