Soil Physics for Engineers

Lecturer:

Milena Císlerová (gar.), David Zumr

Tutor:

Milena Císlerová (gar.), David Zumr

Supervisor:

Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Landscape

Synopsis:

Engineering description of water movement and solute transport in a soil profile. Hydraulic characteristics of porous media. Retention function aproximation, retention curve and hydraulic conductivity estimation.Field vs laboratory measurements. Basics of modelling.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Preface, water in the subsurface

2. Porous media.

3. Macroscopic approach.

4. Unsaturated flow versus saturated flow

5. General flow equation, boundary conditions, methods of solution

6. Soil hydraulic properties, capillary models

7. Parameter identification, data processing software

8. Numerical simulation models

9. Advanced measurement techniques, inverse optimisation programs

10. Spatial and temporal variability

11. Heterogeneity, preferential flow

12. Modelling concepts

13. Practical and theoretical weaknesses of the methods, reliability control

14. Summary and outlines.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

The course will provide knowledge of soil characteristics, water flow in soil and soil moisture monitoring.

Study materials:

1. J.Bear, A. Verruijt, Modelling groundwater flow and pollution, Kluwer, 1994

2. Jury, W.A., Gardner, W.R., Gardner, W.H.: Soil Physics, J. Wiley and Sons, 1991

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomTH:B-879 Zumr D. 12:00–13:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B879roomTH:B-879 Císlerová M. 14:00–15:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B879
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The course is a part of the following study plans: