HydrauliCAD
hydraulic simulation model computes hydraulic
heads at junctions and flow rates through links
for a fixed set of reservoir levels, tank levels,
and water demands over a succession of points
in time.
From
one time step to the next reservoir levels and
junction demands are updated according to their
prescribed time patterns while tank levels are
updated using the current flow solution.
The
solution for heads and flows at a particular
point in time involves solving simultaneously
the conservation of flow equation for each junction
and the headloss relationship across each link
in the network.