Bentley WaterGEMS CONNECT Edition Help

Roughness Tab

The Roughness tab allows you to select the roughness adjustment groups (which were defined in the Calibration Study) and the operations to perform during the manual run.

The Roughness tab consists of a table containing the following columns:

  • Roughness Adjustment Group - Displays the name of the roughness adjustment group.
  • Is Active? - If this box is checked, the associated adjustment group will be considered during calibration. If the box is cleared, it will be ignored.
  • Operation - Select the operation you want the calibration to perform.
  • Minimum Value - Enter the minimum value that you want the genetic algorithm to use as a lower boundary when calculating fitness solutions.
  • Maximum Value - Enter the maximum value that you want the genetic algorithm to use as an upper boundary when calculating fitness solutions.
  • Increment - Set the increment as the intervals at which you want the GA to test. Try to choose an increment that gives the least number of possible alternatives. You may need to decrease the range between your upper and lower limits to do this.
Note: When using Darcy Wesibach as the headloss formula and using the SET option for applying roughnesses to calibration groups, the expected unit of the input for Darcy Weisbach e is millifeet.