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Hydraulics Engineering Software Reference List


The software available at this site is in the public domain and is available for downloading as zipped files or self-extracting zipped files. This software may be copied and used without restriction.

By downloading the software, the user accepts responsibility for understanding the following conditions and limitations, and agrees to them:

  • The FHWA does not provide user assistance or support for this software.
  • The application of this software is the responsibility of the user. It is imperative that the responsible engineer understands the potential accuracy limitations of the program results, independently cross checks those results with other methods, and examines the reasonableness of the results with engineering knowledge and experience.
  • There are no expressed or implied warranties.

Click on the software title to go to the software description and download area. Some manuals are in electronic format and available for downloading from this web site or the ISDDC web site. More information about the ISDDC web site is available at the Electronic Library page.

The FHWA software and related publications listed below are available from McTrans or PC-TRANS. Links to software produced by others are provided below.

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FHWA Hydraulics Engineering Software
Software Title Year McTrans FHWA #
FHWA Hydraulics Software Archive
HY 7 Bridge Waterways Analysis Model (WSPRO) 2001 WSPRO  
HY 7 WSPRO User's Manual (pdf 2.1 MB) (Version 061698) 1998 WSPRO.D  
HY 8 FHWA Culvert Analysis (Version 6.1) 1999 HY8  
HY 8 HY8InpGen - Input file generator
HY8PCViewer - Output file viewer
2003  
HY 8 HY8Energy (Version 2) - Energy Dissipator Design 2002  
HY 8 HDS 5 Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts
(.pdf, 9.25 mb)
2001 HY8.D NHI-01-020
HY 8 HDS 5 Chart Calculator 2001    
HY 10 BOXCAR and PIPECAR
(see software by others)
HY 10 Structural Design Manual for Improved Inlets and Culverts (pdf, 10 mb) 1983 PIPECAR.DS  IP-83-6
HY 10 CMPCHECK (Version 1.0) 1989 CMPCHECK  
HY 11 Preliminary Analysis System for WSP 1989 PAS  
HY 11 PAS USERS MANUAL (ISDDC) 1989 PAS.D IP-89-013
HY 11 Accuracy of Computed Water Surface Profiles (ISDDC) 1986    
FESWMS FESWMS (Version 3.1.5) 2003    
FESWMS FESWMS User's Manual (.pdf, 4.7 mb) 2003    
HY 22 Visual Urban 2002    
HY 22 HEC 22 - Urban Drainage Manual (ISDDC) 2001 HY22.D NHI-01-021
BRI-STARS Bridge Stream Tube for Alluvial River Sim. 2000  
BRI-STARS BRI-STARS Users Manual 2000  
HYRISK HYRISK Setup (zip, 13 mb) 2002  

 

Hydraulics Software by Others
Software Title Year
BCAP Broken-back Culvert Analysis Program (Version 3.0) 2002
BOXCAR BOXCAR (Version 2.0) 2001
CAESAR Cataloging And Expert evaluation of Scour risk And River stability at bridge sites 2001
CHL Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory USACE  
CMPDURAB Durability Estimation Software for CMP 2000
FishXing Fish Passage through Culverts USFS  
HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center USACE  
HyperCalc HyperCalc Plus 2002
NFF National Flood-Frequency Program 2003
PIPECAR PIPECAR (Version 2.1) 1993
SMS Surface-Water Modeling System (SMS) 2001
USGS Water Resources Applications Software USGS  
WMS Watershed Modelling System (WMS)  

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