Ben R. Hodges
University of Texas at Austin
Storm Water/Flooding
Publication Types:
Recent developments towards a new hydraulic solver for SWMM
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., E. Madadi-Kandjani, E.D. Tiernan, G.A Riano Briceno and S. Sharior (2020), “Recent developments towards a new hydraulic solver for SWMM,” 54th International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 26-27, 2020.
Publication year: 2020
High performance computing in water resources hydrodynamics
.Journal ArticleHydrologyNumerical MethodsRiversStorm Water/Flooding
Morales-Hernández, M., M.B. Sharif, S. Gangrade, T.T. Dullo, S.-C. Kao, A. Kalyanapu, S. K. Ghafoor, K.J. Evans, E. Madadi-Kandjani, and B.R. Hodges (2020), “High performance computing in water resources hydrodynamics,” Journal of Hydroinformatics, in press, Mar. 2020. https://doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2020.163
Publication year: 2020
An artificial compressibility method for 1D simulation of open-channel and pressurized-pipe flow
.Journal ArticleNumerical MethodsStorm Water/FloodingWater Distribution Systems
Hodges, B.R. (2020), "An artificial compressibility method for 1D simulation of open-channel and pressurized-pipe flow," Water, 12:6:1727, Jun. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061727
Publication year: 2020
A new form of the Saint-Venant equations for variable topography
.Journal ArticleGeospatial AnalysisNumerical MethodsPaper in reviewRiversStorm Water/Flooding
Yu, C.W., B.R. Hodges, and F. Liu (2020), “A new form of the Saint-Venant equations for variable topography," Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion, accepted, Jun. 2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2020-75
Publication year: 2020
Timescale interpolation and no-neighbor discretization for a 1D finite-volume Saint-Venant solver
.Journal ArticleNumerical MethodsRiversStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R. and F. Liu (2019), “Timescale interpolation and no-neighbor discretization for a 1D finite-volume Saint-Venant solver,” Journal of Hydraulic Research, in press, Nov. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2019.1671510
Publication year: 2019
Stormwater modeling -- building future capabilities for environmental applications
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/FloodingWater Quality
Hodges, B.R. (2019) “Stormwater modeling -- building future capabilities for environmental applications,” International Workshop on Modelling Hydrodynamics for Water Resources, Zaragoza, Spain, June 17-20, 2019.
Publication year: 2019
Progress on a new engine for the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM)
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., and K.M. Schmidt (2019), “Progress on a new engine for the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM),” World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, May 19-23, 2019.
Publication year: 2019
Parallel code and cloud computing for water resources -- building models for the next generation of computers
.ConferenceHydrologyNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., and E. Madadi-Kandjani (2019), “Parallel code and cloud computing for water resources -- building models for the next generation of computers,” International Workshop on Modelling Hydrodynamics for Water Resources, Zaragoza, Spain, June 17-20, 2019.
Publication year: 2019
Outline of a new computational engine for SWMM
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., A.C. Rowney, and E. Madadi-Kandjani (2019), “Outline of a new computational engine for SWMM,” 53rd International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Feb. 26-27, 2019.
Publication year: 2019
New algorithms for stormwater modeling hydraulics
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R. (2019) “New algorithms for stormwater modeling hydraulics,” International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Drainage, Ningbo, China, Oct. 17-19, 2019.
Publication year: 2019
Network partitioning to address fundamental limitation of explicit, parallelized SWMM5 engine
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Tiernan, E., E. Madadi-Kandjani, G. Riano-Breceno, B.R. Hodges (2019), “Network partitioning to address fundamental limitation of explicit, parallelized SWMM5 engine,” 21st Annual Storm Water Conference, Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Padre Island, May 24, 2019. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22273.10081
Publication year: 2019
Conservative finite-volume forms of the Saint-Venant equations for hydrology and urban drainage
.Journal ArticleNumerical MethodsRiversStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R. (2019), “Conservative finite-volume forms of the Saint-Venant equations for hydrology and urban drainage,” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23:1281-1304. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1281-2019
Publication year: 2019
Algorithms in the SvePy solver for the unsteady Saint-Venant equations
.ReportNumerical MethodsRiversStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., and F. Liu (2019), Algorithms in the SvePy solver for the unsteady Saint-Venant equations, Technical Report, Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Data Repository Dataverse, V1, Jul. 2019. https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/ETSJDJ
Publication year: 2019
Interception capacity of conventional depressed curb inlets and inlets with channel extension
.ReportFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., M.E. Barrett, M. Ashraf, and F. Schalla (2018). Interception capacity of conventional depressed curb inlets and inlets with channel extension. Technical report, FHWA/TX-18/0-6842-1, US Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, National Highway Institute, Virginia (USA), Sept. 2018. http://library.ctr.utexas.edu/ctr-publications/0-6842-1.pdf
Publication year: 2018
Foundations for multi-thread parallel computation in stormwater network models
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
B.R. Hodges and A.C. Rowney, “Foundations for multi-thread parallel computation in stormwater network models,” 51st International Conference on Water Management Modeling (ICWWM), Toronto, Canada, February 28 – March 1, 2018.
Publication year: 2018
Errors in HEC-22 for long curb inlets and the challenges for implementation of revised designs
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Nuccitelli, S., M. Ashraf, M. Barrett, and B. Hodges (2018), “Errors in HEC-22 for long curb inlets and the challenges for implementation of revised designs,” National Hydraulic Engineering Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Aug. 28-31, 2018.
Publication year: 2018
Calibrating the stormwater management model: an automated, genetic approach
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
E. Tiernan and B.R. Hodges, “Calibrating the stormwater management model: an automated, genetic approach,” 51st International Conference on Water Management Modeling (ICWWM), Toronto, Canada, February 28 – March 1, 2018.
Publication year: 2018
Assessment of potential flow restrictions in curb-inlets with channel-extension
.ConferenceStorm Water/Flooding
M. Ashraf, M. Barrett, B. Hodges, “Assessment of potential flow restrictions in curb-inlets with channel-extension.” Texas Water 2018, San Antonio, Texas, April 24, 2018
Publication year: 2018
Assessment of HEC-22 equations for the design of curb-opening inlets
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Ashraf, M., M. Barrett, and B. Hodges (2018), “Assessment of HEC-22 equations for the design of curb-opening inlets,” National Hydraulic Engineering Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Aug. 28-31, 2018.
Publication year: 2018
A python-based autocalibration routine supporting the stormwater management model
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Tiernan, E., and B. Hodges (2018), “A python-based autocalibration routine supporting the stormwater management model,” World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Jun. 3-7, 2018.
Publication year: 2018
A new Saint-Venant solver for SWMM
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., F. Liu, and A.C. Rowney (2018), “A new Saint-Venant solver for SWMM,” New Trends in Urban Drainage Modeling, 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, Palermo, Italy, Sep. 23-26, 2018. Springer, pp. 582-586. http://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-99867-1_100
Publication year: 2018
A New Approach for Generating Flow Directions in Urban Watersheds
.ConferenceNumerical MethodsStorm Water/Flooding
Lasco, J.D.D., D.R. Maidment, and B.R. Hodges (2018), “A new approach for generating flow directions in urban watersheds,” World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater; Urban Watershed Management, Municipal Water Infrastructure; and Desalination and Water Reuse, pgs. 448-458, ASCE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Jun. 3-7, 2018. doi: 10.1061/9780784481431
Publication year: 2018
SWMM and EPANET: Fostering a community development strategy
.ConferenceStorm Water/Flooding
A.C. Rowney, and B.R. Hodges, “SWMM and EPANET: Fostering a community development strategy,” International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Canada, March 1-2, 2017 https://www.icwmm.org/2017-C026-17
Publication year: 2017
Research at the National Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management
.ConferenceStorm Water/Flooding
A.C. Rowney, L. Sela, K.M. Faust, B.R. Hodges, “Research at the National Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management,” Defense Innovation Summit, Tampa, Florida, October 3-5, 2017.
Publication year: 2017
Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Schalla, F.E., M. Ashraf, M.E. Barrett, and B.R. Hodges (2017), “Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2638:97-103. 2017. http://doi.org/10.3141/2638-11
Publication year: 2017
Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
F.E. Schalla, M. Ashraf, M.E. Barrett, and B.R. Hodges, “Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets,” 96th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB 2017), Washington DC, January 8-12, 2017.
Publication year: 2017
Real-Time Flood Inundation Mapping for Travis County, Texas
.ConferenceGeospatial AnalysisHazards/RisksHydrologyStorm Water/Flooding
X. Zheng, C.W. Yu, C. Fagan, H. Evans, D. Maidment, P. Passalacqua, B.R. Hodges; “Real-Time Flood Inundation Mapping for Travis County, Texas.” American Water Resources Association, 2016 Summer Specialty Conference, GIS and Water Resources IX, Sacramento, California, July 11-16, 2016. http://www.awra.org/meetings/Sacramento2016/doc/PP/Sess%2014%20abs.pdf
Publication year: 2016
Limitations of traditional equations for large curb inlets
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
B.R. Hodges, F.E. Schalla, M. Ashraf, and M. Barrett, “Limitations of traditional equations for large curb inlets,” National Hydraulic Engineer Conference, Portland, Oregon, August 9-12, 2016. https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/GEOENVIRONMENTAL/Pages/conferences/NHEC/2016_NHEC_Conference.aspx
Publication year: 2016
Effects of flush slab supports on the hydraulic performance of curb inlets and an analysis of design equations
.Supervised ThesisFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
F.E. Schalla, Effects of flush slab supports on the hydraulic performance of curb inlets and an analysis of design equations, M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 114 pgs. May 2016.
Publication year: 2016
Quantifying flow paths in the cityscape with lidar
.ConferenceGeospatial AnalysisStorm Water/Flooding
Z. Kladzyk, H. Sangireddy, P. Passalacqua and B.R. Hodges, “Quantifying flow paths in the cityscape with lidar,” World Environmental & Water Resources Conference, Austin, Texas, May 17-21, 2015.
Publication year: 2015