Hydrogeology (250MEG003) – Course 2025/26 PDF
Syllabus
Learning Objectives
To conceive soils and rocks as porous media governed by Solid and Fluid Mechanics. To characterize the geological environment and its interaction with civil works. To interpret laboratory tests and field observations so as to identify the mechanisms responsible for soil response. To propose laboratory testing programmes. To formulate and implement Finite Volumes and Finite Differences numerical models with the objective to analyze the processes that govern ground response, to interpret field information and to predict soil response. * To apply the theoretical concepts of flow and transportation on porous media. * To characterize soils. * To apply the theoretical concepts of deformation and flow in soils. * To characterize rock massifs and their discontinuities. * To apply the concepts of mechanical stability and flow in cracks. * To apply the theoretical problems of elastic and electromagnetic wave propagation in soils and rocks. * To interpret and process wave signals. - General process to model natural phenomena. - Basic formulation of hydrogeological problems. - Formulation of the flow equation. - Resolution of the flow equation by means of numerical methods. - Methodology to model aquifers flow. - Formulation of the transport equation. - Numerical resolution of the transport equation and its difficulties. - Real cases.
Total hours of student work
| Hours | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervised Learning | Large group | 45h | 100.00 % | |
| Self Study | 80h | |||
Teaching Methodology
The course consists of 3 hours per week of classroom sessions in the classroom. Class hours are divided into theoretical hours which teachers exposed the basic concepts and materials of the subject; Class hours presenting examples and doing exercises; Hours and modeling workshops for flow and transport in porous media. Support material is used in the form of detailed teaching plan using the virtual campus ATENEA: content, programming and evaluation activities directed learning and literature.
Grading Rules
The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.
The mark of the course is obtained from the ratings of continuous assessment and their corresponding laboratories and/or classroom computers. Continuous assessment consist in several activities, both individually and in group, of additive and training characteristics, carried out during the year (both in and out of the classroom). The grade of the continuous assessment is the average of such activities. The evaluation tests consist of a part with questions about concepts associated with the learning objectives of the course with regard to knowledge or understanding, and a part with a set of application exercises. The final mark ( NF ) is the weighted average of continuous assessment practices (PR) and final exam (EX): NF = 0.25 * PR + 0.75 * EX
Test Rules
Failure to perform a laboratory or continuous assessment activity in the scheduled period will result in a mark of zero in that activity.
Bibliography
Basic
- Zheng, Chunmiao; Bennett, Gordon D. Applied contaminant transport modeling : theory and practice. New York [etc.]: Van Nostrand Reinhold, cop. 1995. ISBN 0442013485.
- Anderson, Mary P; Woessner, William W. Applied groundwater modeling : simulation of flow and advective transport. San Diego: Academic Press, cop. 1992. ISBN 0120594854.
- Harbaugh, A.W.; Banta, E.R.; Hill, M.C.; McDonald, M.G. MODFLOW-2000: the U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model: user guide to modularization concepts and the ground-water flow process. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey, 2000.
- Istok, J. Groundwater modeling by the finite element method. American Geophysical Union, 1989. ISBN 9780875903170.
- Bear, Jacob; Verruijt, A. Modeling groundwater flow and pollution : with computer programs for sample cases. Reprinted with corrections. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Pub. Co, 1994. ISBN 1556080158.
- Pinder, George Francis; Gray, William G. Finite element simulation in surface and subsurface hydrology. San Diego [etc.]: Academic Press, cop. 1977. ISBN 0125569505.