CE 473/573 Groundwater

Fall 2009

 

Course material

 

Email Prof. Chris Rehmann for more information.

 

  1. Lecture 1, Mon. August 24:  Introduction

Syllabus

Learning objectives from 2008

 

  1. Lecture 2, Wed. August 26: Overview of groundwater problems

Lecture notes

 

  1. Lecture 3, Fri. August 28: Properties of soils: porosity   

Homework 1 (Problems 1, 2, and 3 are due Fri. Sep. 4)

Group expectations

PMWIN software page (or start the download directly)

PMWIN documentation

 

  1. Lecture 4, Mon. August 31: Darcy’s law, hydraulic conductivity

 

  1. Lecture 5, Wed. Sep. 2: “Derivation” of Darcy’s law, constant-head permeameter

 

  1. Lecture 6, Fri. Sep. 4: Debugging a GW simulation, permeameters

Homework 2

 

  1. Lecture 7, Wed. Sep. 9: Falling head permeameter, aquifer types

Aquifer quiz

Comments on homework 1

 

  1. Lecture 8, Fri. Sep. 11: Aquifer types

 

  1. Lecture 9, Mon. Sep. 14: Steady confined flow in a homogeneous aquifer

 

  1. Lecture 10, Wed. Sep. 16: Potentiometric surface, contours, debugging simulations

 

  1. Lecture 11, Fri. Sep. 18: Heterogeneous aquifers, Darcy’s law examples

Homework 3

Information for problem 16: report, tables, figures

 

  1. Lecture 12, Mon. Sep. 21: Steady flow in unconfined aquifers

Comments on homework 2

 

  1. Lecture 13, Wed. Sep. 23: Steady flow in an unconfined aquifer with recharge

 

  1. Lecture 14, Fri. Sep. 25: Steady flow in a leaky, confined aquifer

Comments on homework 3

Learning objectives for exam 1

 

  1. Lecture 15, Mon. Sep. 28: Leaky, confined aquifer

 

  1. Lecture 16, Wed. Sep. 30: Review for exam 1

 

  1. Lecture 17, Fri. Oct. 2: Exam 1

You may bring notes, books, and calculators, though I recommend making a sheet or two of notes to review the material. You may not share notes with anyone during the exam. If you need me to copy homework for you, please let me know.

 

  1. Lecture 18, Mon. Oct. 5: Numerical modeling of 1D groundwater flows

Homework 4

 

  1. Lecture 19, Wed. Oct. 7: Numerical modeling of heterogeneous flows and 2D flows (Fetter §13.4)

 

  1. Lecture 20, Fri. Oct. 9: Numerical modeling of heterogeneous flows and 2D flows

 

  1. Lecture 21, Mon. Oct. 12: Numerical modeling of heterogeneous flows and 2D flows

 

  1. Lecture 22, Wed. Oct. 14: Numerical modeling of heterogeneous flows and 2D flows

 

  1. Lecture 23, Fri. Oct. 16: Steady flow to a well in a confined aquifer (Fetter §5.5.2)

 

  1. Lecture 24, Mon. Oct. 19: Superposition of wells (Fetter §5.8)

Homework 5

 

  1. Lecture 25, Wed. Oct. 21: Capture zone, example of superposition

 

  1. Lecture 26, Fri. Oct. 23: Steady flow to a well in a leaky confined aquifer

 

  1. Lecture 27, Mon. Oct. 26: Steady flow to a well in a leaky confined aquifer

 

  1. Lecture 28, Wed. Oct. 28: Pump tests, storativity (Fetter §3.9)

 

  1. Lecture 29, Fri. Oct. 30: Unsteady flow to a well (Fetter §§5.4.1, 5.5)

Table of the well function

Plot of the well function

Example spreadsheet

 

  1. Lecture 30, Mon. Nov. 2: Unsteady flow to a well

Comments on HW 4

Learning objectives for exam 2

 

  1. Lecture 31, Wed. Nov. 4: Review

Comments on HW 5

 

  1. Lecture 32, Fri. Nov. 6: Exam 2

 

  1. Lecture 33, Mon. Nov. 9: Unsteady flow to a well in an unconfined aquifer (Fetter §5.5.5)

Table of the unconfined well function

Plot of the unconfined well function

Example spreadsheet

Homework 6

 

  1. Lecture 34: Wed. Nov. 11: Introduction to contaminant transport (Fetter §§10.6.1-10.6.2)

Introductory notes on contaminant transport

 

  1. Lecture 35: Fri. Nov. 13: Diffusion

 

  1. Lecture 36: Mon. Nov. 16: Advection

 

  1. Lecture 37: Wed. Nov. 18: Dispersion and degradation

 

  1. Lecture 38: Fri. Nov. 20: Retardation and contaminant plumes

Part of Table 10.3

 

  1. Lecture 39: Mon. Nov. 30:

 

  1. Lecture 40: Wed. Dec. 2:

 

  1. Lecture 41: Fri. Dec. 4:

 

  1. Lecture 42: Mon. Dec. 7:

 

  1. Lecture 43: Wed. Dec. 9:

 

  1. Lecture 44: Fri. Dec. 11:

 

  1. Final exam: