Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Flooded roadways can pose a serious risk to vehicles even in relatively shallow water. In this FLOW-3D HYDRO simulation, a pickup truck sits stationary on a roadway as upstream flow steadily increases. It takes only a modest rise in water depth to set the vehicle in motion, ultimately sweeping it off the road and into the channel. Thanks to the FAVOR-based meshing and geometry approach in FLOW-3D HYDRO, simulating coupled fluid-structure interactions like this is both efficient and straightforward. Learn more at flow3d.com/hydro
Flooded roadways can pose a serious risk to vehicles even in relatively shallow water. In this FLOW-3D HYDRO simulation, a pickup truck sits stationary on a roadway as upstream flow steadily increases. It takes only a modest rise in water depth to set the vehicle in motion, ultimately sweeping it off the road and into the channel. Thanks to the FAVOR-based meshing and geometry approach in FLOW-3D HYDRO, simulating coupled fluid-structure interactions like this is both efficient and straightforward. Learn more at flow3d.com/hydro
