Geology 724

Groundwater Flow Modeling

Spring 2001

 

Instructor:  Mary P. Anderson, Professor, 419 Weeks Hall, phone: 262-2396

            e-mail:  andy@geology.wisc.edu

            Office Hours: Thursdays after class, or by appointment.

TA:  Kristin Anderson, Weeks Hall, e-mail:  Kristin @geology.wisc.edu

 

Required Materials

1.      Anderson and Woessner (1992) Applied Groundwater Modeling: Simulation of Flow and Advective   

            Transport, Academic Press.

2.      Wang and Anderson (1982) Introduction to Groundwater Modeling, reprinted in paperback by

             Academic Press, 1995.

3.      A packet of class materials for you to xerox from a copy on reserve in the Geology & Geophysics Library.

 

Books on reserve in the Geology & Geophysics Library

1. (H&P)  Huyakorn and Pinder (1983) Computational Methods in Subsurface Flow.

2. (B&V)  Bear and Verruijt (1987) Modeling Groundwater Flow and Pollution.

3. (K)    Kinzelbach (1986) Groundwater Modelling.

4. (RHM)  Remson, Hornberger and Molz (1971) Numerical Methods in Subsurface Hydrology.

5. (NRC)  National Research Council (1990) Ground Water Models: Scientific and Regulatory Applications, National Academy Press, 303 p.

6. (M&H)  McDonald and Harbaugh (1989) A Modular Three‑Dimensional Finite‑Difference Ground‑Water Flow Model, USGS, TWRI, Bk.6, Ch.A1.

7.  (K&R)  Konikow, L. and T.E. Reilly, 1999, Groundwater Modeling, Ch. 20 in:  The Handbook of Groundwater Engineering (ed. J. Delleur), CRC Press.

 

Grades

There will be 550 points total distributed as follows:  three non‑graded take-home quizzes, six graded problem sets (250 points), a mid-term exam (150 points), an in-class quiz (50 points) and a final project (100 points).  Students are expected to attend all lectures and to turn in assignments on time.

 

The approximate timing of the assignments is as follows:

 

   Assignment                         Approximate timing

3 non‑graded quizzes                            weeks 2‑5

Prob. Set #1                                          weeks 2-3

Prob. Set #2                                         weeks 3‑5

Prob. Set #3                                         weeks 6-8

Mid-term Exam                                    week 7

                           Spring Break

Prob. Set #4                                         weeks 8-9

Prob. Set #5                                         weeks 10-11

Prob. Set #6                                         week 11-12

In class quiz                                          week 13

Final Project                                         weeks 12‑15

 

 

 

LECTURE SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS

 

Week               Topic                                       W&A(1982)                A&W(1992)                Other

 

  1                    Introduction                  preface                         preface, Ch.1               NRC:1-27

                        Review of Basics          Ch.1;204‑208              Ch.2                             B&V:Ch.8

                                                                                                                                             RHM: Ch.2

 

  2                    Laplace Eqn.                Ch.2                               23-25;                           B&V:225‑233

                                                                                                135-136                       H&P:Ch.8

                                                                                                                                    RHM: 65-67

 

  3                    Poisson Eqn.                  41‑51                         147-151                       --

 

  4                    Unconfined Aquifers    52-64                             ‑‑                                             K:63-65

                                                                                                           

  5                    Transient Flow              Ch. 4                             ‑‑                                            B&V:233-246

                                                                                                                                     K:29-30

 

  6                    Transient Flow continued          Ch. 5                --                                 H&P:354‑363

                                                                                                                                     K:36‑40, 46‑48,54‑56

 

    7                   Review/Summary

                        Mid-term Exam (March 8)

                       

  SPRING BREAK

 

  8                    Intro to MODFLOW                                       Box 3.1;                        H&P:354-363;

                                    & Groundwater Vistas                                                              M&H:  77-81

                                             

  9                    Boundaries                                ‑‑                                Ch.4‑5                                     K:9‑11,25-28,31,81

                        Transient Simulations                --                     Ch. 7 

                        AWRA – Green Bay (no class on March 29rd)

 

10                    Introduction to the Final Project                 Box 3.1; p. 127-129              --

                         Calibration/Verification/           ‑‑                     Ch.8                           K:164‑167; NRC: Ch.6

PostAudits                                --                     Ch.10                           K&R: Sect. 20.6

 

11                    Profile Models                          --                     Ch.6

                        Grid Design and                        ‑‑                                 Ch.3                            K:19‑25

                                  Parameter Assignment

 

 12                   Work on the Final Project    --                          Ch.9

                        (No classes this week.)

                                                                                                                    

  13                  Particle Tracking           173‑186                       Ch.11                           K:227‑257

                                                                                                                                    B&V:Ch.11   

     

  14                  Discussion of Final Project     ‑‑‑ student presentations ‑‑‑

 

  15                  Discussion of Final Project continued                Ch. 12                          K&R: Sect. 20.8                                                           and final comments         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 1 (1/22)

            2 (1/29)

            3 (2/5)

            4 (2/12)

            5 (2/19)

            6 (2/26)

            7 (3/5)

    Spring Break

            8 (3/19)

            9 (3/26)

          10 (4/2)

          11 (4/9)

          12 (4/16)

          13 (4/23)

          14 (4/30)

          15 (5/7)

 

    

 

 

PLEASE NOTE the following special arrangements:

 

1.  The Wisconsin Section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) will hold a conference March 29-30 in Green Lake, WI.  There will be no class on March 29th.  All are urged to attend the conference.

 

2.  There will be no classes during the week of April 16th so that students can use the time to work on the final project.  We will meet the week of April 23th..  Project presentations will be scheduled for the week of April 30th.  We will have final classes the week of May 7th.