Model:SVELA
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SVELA
Introduction
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SVELA Questionnaire
Contact Information
| Model: | SVELA |
| Contact person: | Rudy Slingerland |
| Institute: | Penn State University |
| City: | University Park |
| Country: | USA |
| Email: | sling@geosc.psu.edu |
| 2nd person involved: | -- |
| 3rd person involved: | -- |
Model description
| Model type: | Single model for the terrestrial domain. |
| Description: | Calculates shear velocity associated with grain roughness |
Technical information
| Supported platforms: | Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Programming language: | Fortran77 |
| Model development started at: | 1992 and ended 1994 |
| To what degree will the model become available: | Source code will be available |
| Current license type: | -- |
| Memory requirements: | <512MB |
| Typical run time: | a few seconds |
Input / Output description
| Input parameters: | Flow velocity, friction slope, hydraulic radius, and bed roughness |
| Input format: | ASCII |
| Output parameters: | Amount of the bed shear stress capable of transporting grains |
| Output format: | ASCII |
| Post-processing software (if needed): | no |
| Visualization software (if needed): | Yes, any software that can read ASCII data |
Process description
| Processes represented by model: | Reduced hydraulic radius, shear velocity, bed shear stress |
| Key physical parameters & equations: | Einstein's Method of partitioning grain and form friction |
| Length scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Time scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Numerical limitations and issues : | -- |
Testing
| Available calibration data sets: | See Slingerland et al. (1994) |
| Available test data sets: | -- |
| Ideal data for testing: | -- |
User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with: | None |
Documentation
| Key papers of the model: | Slingerland, R.L., K. Furlong and J. Harbaugh, 1994. Simulating Clastic Sedimentary Basins/Physical Fundamentals and Computing Procedures , Prentice Hall, Englewood Clifss, NJ:219 pp. |
| Is there a manual available: | no |
| Model website if any: | ftp://ftp.geosc.psu.edu/sling/SimSedBasinsBook/ |
Additional comments
| Comments: | -- |
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Source-Code Snapshots
Svela is not a stand-alone model but is part of Midas. You can obtain it by downloading the Midas distribution and grabbing svela.f from it.
Source-code snapshots of Midas are available via ftp at:
The latest version:
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Source Code
Svela is not a stand-alone model but is part of Midas. You can obtain the source code through the Midas repository or view the most recent version here: https://csdms.colorado.edu/svn/midas/trunk/svela.f.
The source code for Midas can be checked out from the CSDMS subversion repository using this command:
# Project members authenticate over HTTPS to allow committing changes.
svn checkout https://csdms.colorado.edu/svn/midas
For help on using Subversion please see our help page.
