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Groundwater Modeling

Master module of the Chair of Hydraulic Engineering

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Contents

  • Supplementary geohydraulic fundamentals
  • Water level measurements and preparation of groundwater levelling plans
  • Relationships between aquifer and receiving water
  • Flow and transport models
  • Model concept, goal, task, classification
  • Overview of solution processes, areas of application
  • Application limits and informative value
  • Structure, parameter model, boundary and initial conditions
  • Possibilities for decision making
  • Common modeling errors
  • Practical examples for modeling local problems
  • Time series analysis, -supplementation
  • Interpretation of groundwater equilibrium plans under the aspect of stationarity / instationarity
  • Strategies for data collection and recording
  • Regional modeling in practice
  • Construction and disscusion of models on regional issues
Example groundwater level plan
Example groundwater level plan
  • Module number: 13-L2-M010
  • Creditpoints: 3 CP
  • Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. H. Gerdes
  • Offered for: M.Sc. Environmental Engineering (PO14+PO21), M.Sc. Civil Engineering (PO14+PO21)
  • Prior knowledge, recommended:Basics of Pipe and Channel Hydraulics