On the issue of using AutoCAD to assess flow rates (on the example of the Kama Reservoir)

Abstract

Abstract A method of visualization and further analysis of the flow rate field is proposed. The method is based on using capabilities of the AutoCAD software package, which is currently widely used in research in the geosciences, in particular in hydrological researches. As a result of the work done, the flow rate field on the straight sections of the Kama River could be visualized. Information from speed profiles located close to each other was used. The applied method, which consists in extruding isotachs, turned out to be time-consuming, but representative; it cannot yet be used for section lines located around the turn or remote from each other, and in areas with tributaries. The considered method is planned to be tested on the data of hydrochemical survey in order to analyse the distribution of impurities.