Sampled failure elevations may be passed to any following model in the compute sequence that can accept an elevation as a scalar input data location, with each application using the sampled value as determined by the computational process of the model. Two example applications that may consume elevations from the Fragility Curve plugin are HEC-RAS and HEC-ResSim. HEC-RAS associates the failure elevation with a structure (location) and set of breach conditions, and can make use of the breach method and duration at elevation that were sampled. HEC-ResSim uses Scalar Global Variables to link to the output Data Location from the Fragility Curve plugin, and the user is required to configure the model to handle the resulting reservoir operations appropriately. Often this requires scripting or an if-block that closes a "breach outlet" until the elevation is exceeded.
Caution is advised in carefully reviewing the model configuration and ensuring appropriate outputs are used if a breach elevation is applied to both HEC-ResSim and HEC-RAS for the same structure, as the results from the two models may not be consistent with one another. Often the HEC-ResSim model results are ignored after a breach has occurred, with HEC-RAS determining flows through the structure breach.