OpenHydro Bench

LISFLOOD-FP 8.3 · FV1

LISFLOOD-FP 8.3, first-order finite-volume solver (full shallow-water equations).

Production software, installed from its official source and run by the suite with its defaults, except the settings each card names. Rank #1 on the leaderboard, OpenHydro rating 1139 (95 % interval 1032 to 1264) over 13 tests; median difference 0.033 %. Score cards from: LISFLOOD-FP 8.3 FV1.

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TestDifference, rankChecks
Gentle backwater in a channel
A1F-001
#11 0.026 % off
of 15 models
• Average depth error 0.24 mm off; · Water conserved 0.026 % error
Dam break onto dry ground
A1F-010
#6= 1.3 % off
of 20 models
• Flood front 5.05 m behind exact; · Water conserved < 0.0001 % error
Dam break into shallow water
A1F-011
#5= 0.18 % off
of 20 models
• Average depth error 0.98 mm off; · Water conserved 0.016 % error
Calm flow over a hump
A1F-040
#2= 0.03 % off
of 12 models
• Average depth error 0.58 mm off; • Average flow error 0.000951 m²/s off
Flow speeding up over a hump
A1F-041
#4= 0.17 % off
of 12 models
• Average depth error 1.1 mm off; • Average flow error 0.000402 m²/s off
Hump with a hydraulic jump
A1F-042
#4= 0.2 % off
of 12 models
• Average depth error 0.68 mm off; • Average flow error 0.000288 m²/s off
Still lake around an island
A1F-043
#1= under 0.01 % off
of 13 models
• Worst velocity error 0 m/s off; • Average depth error < 0.0001 mm off
Water sloshing in a bowl
A2A-001
#7 0.21 % off
of 9 models
• Average depth error 0.069 mm off; · Water conserved < 0.0001 % error
Steady flow over a shaped bed
A2A-010
#9 0.033 % off
of 12 models
• Average depth error 0.3 mm off; · Water conserved 0.033 % error
Flooding a cut-off pond
A2C-EA1
#1 0.27 % off
of 10 models
• Pond level, point 1 0.66 mm off; • Pond level, point 2 0.66 mm off; • Peak level 0.38 mm off
Filling floodplain hollows
A2C-EA2
#1= under 0.01 % off
of 10 models
• Water conserved < 0.0001 % off
Flood spreading over a floodplain
A2C-EA4
#1= under 0.01 % off
of 10 models
• Water conserved 0.008 % off

Run at the specification's 5 m grid (the demo solver uses the allowed 10 m alternative). The inflow enters as LISFLOOD-FP point sources on the cells the inflow line crosses.

Valley flooding
A2C-EA5
#1= under 0.01 % off
of 10 models
• Water conserved < 0.0001 % off