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HY-8 incorporates stream simulation aquatic organism passage, as described in [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/pubs/11008/ Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 26 (HEC-26)]. The principle behind this approach is to simulate the stream throughout the culvert and make the culvert less of a barrier to passage than the stream immediately upstream and downstream. | HY-8 incorporates stream simulation aquatic organism passage, as described in [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/engineering/hydraulics/pubs/11008/ Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 26 (HEC-26)]. The principle behind this approach is to simulate the stream throughout the culvert and make the culvert less of a barrier to passage than the stream immediately upstream and downstream. | ||
To begin the AOP Stream Simulation Analysis, | To begin the AOP Stream Simulation Analysis, first create a crossing (or load an existing crossing from a file) that does not have any errors. Then select AOP Stream Simulation Analysis from the menu: ''Culvert'' | '''AOP: Stream Simulation''', or the user can click the '''AOP: Stream Simulation''' [[Image:AopStreamSimulation.jpg]] tool from the toolbar. | ||
To learn more about this method, go to [[HY8:AOP Stream Simulation | AOP Stream Simulation]]. | To learn more about this method, go to [[HY8:AOP Stream Simulation | AOP Stream Simulation]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 1 December 2016
Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP)
Aquatic Organism Passage defines whether aquatic organisms, such as fish and amphibians, are able to pass through a culvert from the outlet to the inlet. There are several approaches to determine aquatic organism passage, and some procedures are specific to a type of organism or a specific specie.
A few of the common barriers to fish passage are excessive velocity, culvert length, depth that is too shallow, a culvert that is perched (requiring a fish to jump) or perched too high, and excessive turbulence.
Stream Simulation
HY-8 incorporates stream simulation aquatic organism passage, as described in Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 26 (HEC-26). The principle behind this approach is to simulate the stream throughout the culvert and make the culvert less of a barrier to passage than the stream immediately upstream and downstream.
To begin the AOP Stream Simulation Analysis, first create a crossing (or load an existing crossing from a file) that does not have any errors. Then select AOP Stream Simulation Analysis from the menu: Culvert | AOP: Stream Simulation, or the user can click the AOP: Stream Simulation 
tool from the toolbar.
To learn more about this method, go to AOP Stream Simulation.
