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Groundwater Hydraulics

Summary

Basic terminology of hydraulics of fluids in porous media. Physical parameters
of liquors (water, oil and gas) and aquifers. Hydrodynamic laws of groundwater
flow in rock environment. Basic system of types of flow through porous media.
Flownet, streamlines, groundwater-table and piezometric contours. General
continuity equation and its solution. Steady and unsteady flow. Methods of
hydrodynamics tests and their kinds.

Literature

McWhorter D.B., Sunada D.K. (1977) : Ground-Water Hydrology and Hydraulics.
Water Resources Publications. Colorado USA.
Raudkivi A.J., Callander R.A. (1976) : Analysis of Groundwater Flow. Vyd.
Edw.Arnold Ltd., London.
Zijl W., Nawalany M. : Natural Grounwater Flow. Publisher Lewis. USA, 1993
Dawson K.J., Istok J.D. : Aquifer Testing (Design and Analysis of Pumping and
Slug Tests). Publisher Lewis. USA, 1993

Advised literature

Freeze R.A., Cherry J.A. (1979) : Groundwater. Prentice-Hall, Englewood
Cliftts,N.J.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština
Code 541-0045
Abbreviation PH
Course title Groundwater Hydraulics
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Naďa Rapantová, CSc.