Aquifer Mechanics (250821) – Course 2025/26 PDF
Contents
487/5000 The flow of water in porous media. Hydraulic potential. Law of Darcy. Flow equation. Processes coupled. Transport of solutes. Mechanisms of transport. Discussion of detail on dispersion. Advection-dispersion equation. Basic solutions. Adsorption and reactions. Flow and transport in fractured media. Flow between parallel sheets. On-site transportation. Models. Reactive transport: reactions, equilibrium equations, kinetics. Reactive transport equations. Problems about flow and transport of solutes
Dedication
8h Large group + 5h Medium group + 18h 12m Self StudyThe unsaturated zone. Potential. Characteristic curves. Forms of the flow equation. Transfer of energy: enthalpy, specific heat. Mechanisms of heat transport. Effect of variable density. Natural convection. Evaporation. Multiphase flow. Balance Equations. Coupled phenomena. The Mechanical Coupling: Compatibility Equations and Hooke's Law. Problems on multiphase flow and transport
Dedication
9h Large group + 5h Medium group + 19h 36m Self StudyNatural heterogeneity. Basic concepts on heterogeneity. Regionalized variables. Geostatistics. Basic methodologies. Some results related to flow. Transport. Macrodispersion. Limitations of the transport equation. Other forms of transport equation. Non-local transport and macrodispersion parameters
Dedication
9h Large group + 6h Medium group + 3h Laboratory classes + 25h 12m Self Study