Welcome to HYDRUS

HYDRUS (2D/3D) is a software package for simulating water, heat, and solute movement in two- and three-dimensional variably saturated media. The software package consists of a computational computer program, and an interactive graphics-based user interface.

Brief description of the HYDRUS software package is given in the Overview and Introduction to GUI sections. More detail information is given in the Technical and User Manuals of HYDRUS.

Important topics:

• Installation and Activation
• Contact Information
• Distribution and Support Information
• HYDRUS Versions

HYDRUS Step by Step:

The text HYDRUS Step by Step provides an overview of how to work with HYDRUS. It gives a guidance on what steps need to be taken, and in what sequence, to successfully prepare a HYDRUS project and analyse obtained results. Each new HYDRUS user is encouraged to study briefly (at first), and then in more detail, this help topic.

Quick Tour – Most Important Components of the GUI:

• View Window
• Navigator Bar
• Edit Bar
• Project Manager
• Toolbars
• Menus
• Geometry and Transport Domain
• FE-Mesh
• Domain Properties
• Initial Conditions
• Boundary Conditions
• Results
• Tutorials
• References