| ** = problem set handed out | Schedule of Classes: Geology 562, Fall 2004 |
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| Week | Dates | Topics |
| 1 | Aug. 24 | 1. Organizational meeting. Darcy's Experiments. The hydraulic head concept. |
| 2. Fundamental properties of porous media. Aquifer types. Homogeneity. Isotropy. | ||
| 2 ** | Aug.31 | 1. Conductance concepts. K vs k. Flow systems analysis. |
| 2. Storage Concepts. Aquifer response to tidal/barometric fluctuations. Storativity vs specific yield | ||
| 3 ** | Sept. 7 | 1. The continuum approach. Equations of continuity. Hydraulic steady-state vs. transient conditions |
| 2. Boundary-value problems. One dimensional examples. 1-D distributed recharge BVP's | ||
| 4 ** | Sept. 14 | 1. Water table vs confined aquifers. Vertical flow issues. Dupuit-Forcheimer approximation. |
| 2. Baseflow and recession. Recharge estimation. HYSEP. | ||
| 5 ** | Sept. 21 | 1. The radial-flow problem. Radial coordinates. Theis solution. Graphical fits. |
| 2. Jacob approximation. Straight-line fits. Boundary analysis by Jacob method. Law of times. | ||
| 6 | Sept. 28 | 1. The method of superposition: multiple well models |
| 2. Semi-analytical solution of the superposed Theis model | ||
| 7 | Oct. 5 | 1. The method of images for infinite barriers. |
| 2. Recharge and barrier boundary problems. Observing boundaries on Jacob plots | ||
| Oct 9 Weekend field trip to collect data for aquifer testing module (DLM Site). | ||
| 8 ** | Oct. 12 | 1. Leakage. The Hantush-Jacob Leaky solution. Solutions with and without aquitard storage |
| 2. Leaky aquifers: a field example...Single-well tests. Theis recovery method. | ||
| 9 | Oct. 19 | 1. Well losses. Step-drawdown tests |
| 2. Slug test: Cooper-Bredehoeft, Hvorslev, and Bouwer-Rice models. Lab: slug test analysis | ||
| 10** | Oct. 26 | 1. Water Table aquifers. Boulton and Neumann solutions.Kv determination. Other vertical flow issues (partial penetration) |
| 2. Transport processes. Advection, dispersion, diffusion, reaction. 1-D transport equation. | ||
| 11 | Nov 2 ** | 1. NO CLASS Election Day (but we may have one anyhow). Hydrodynamic Dispersion vs diffusion. Macrodispersion vs. heterogeneities. Double porosity |
| 2. Steady state solute transport solutions (1-D and 2-D). Peclet number. Numerical approaches | ||
| 12 | Nov. 9 | I'll be at GSA meeting all week |
| MID-TERM EXAM In computer lab NO NOTES NO TEXTS | ||
| 13 | Nov. 16 | 1. Introduction to numerical models. Finite difference and finite element models. MODFLOW Introduction. Its parameters and boundary conditions. Groundwater Vistas. |
| 2. Setting up a groundwater flow model in MODFLOW. Use of MODPATH for pathline analysis | ||
| November 22-26 Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 14** | Nov. 30-Dec 2 | 1. Well head protection and source delineation. Well capture zones. |
| 2. Velocity/flow vector interpolation. Flow nets and stream functions. MODPATH | ||
| 15 | Dec. 7-9 | 1. Variable-density single phase flow. Rayleigh number |
| 2. Variable density example in 2-D: using SUTRA. | ||
| December 13-17 FINALS WEEK (some sort of mini-project or ake-Home Exam -- DUE December 17 5:00 PM | ||