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Modelling of hydrogeological processes

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 224-0929/02
Abbreviation MHP
Course title Modelling of hydrogeological processes
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Naďa Rapantová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Hydrogeological models. Physical and mathematical modelling (numerical methods – finite elements mehod, finite differencies method). Types of hydrogeological models and applications. Modelling of subsurface water flow in saturated and unsaturated zone. Steps of modelling protocol – conceptual model, grid design, initial and boundary conditions.
Data requirements for steady state and transient models. Calibration of models - trial and error, automatic calibration, inverse models. Modelling of solutes transport in saturated zone. Transport mechanisms, governing equations. Advective transport, transport with dispersion and reactions. Fully reactive models.
Uncertainty analysis. Utilization of mathematical modeling in risk analyses.

Literature

Mary P. Anderson and William W. Woessner (2014): Applied Groundwater Modeling. Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport. Academic Press USA
Chunmiao Zheng, Gordon D. Bennet (1995): Applied Contaminant transport modelling. Theory and Practise International Thomson Publishing Inc.
Karlheinz Spitz and Joanna Moreno (2000): Practical Guide to Groundwater and Solute Transport Modelling. SSG USA.

Advised literature

Appello C.A.J., Postma D. (1993): Geochemistry, groundwater and pollution. A.A. Balkema