FlowAg: ABCM Java Objects for Open-ChannelFlow and Irrigated Agriculture

John T. Murphy

The FlowAg toolkit is a collection of Java objects built from the ABCM framework. The ABCM Framework provides a logical framework for managing simulation input data and results. The FlowAg toolkit makes use of this framework to model:

• Canal Systems consisting of branching canal segments flowing from headgates connected to rivers. Water flow is modeled using several optional algorithms, including an implicit finite-difference open-channel-flow solution based on the HEC-RAS system from the Army Corps of Engineers.
• Field systems fed by canals such that water is delivered to them and processed by them (seep and evaporation).
• An extensible framework for generic plant growth based on water availability and soil composition.

This website makes FlowAg available via the following components:

• A programmer and user manual (pdf)
• API, both online and downloadable (zip)
• Source Code (zip)
• As a library jar file.