Subsurface Hydrology

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Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology

Synopsis:

Hydraulic characteristics of porous medium, governing equation for unsaturated flow, initial and boundary conditions. Infiltration, redistribution, evaporation, drainage, capillary rise. Subsurface stormflow. Flow in saturated formations. Transport of contaminants, hydrodynamic dispersion, governing equations, reactive transport.

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none

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Study Objective:

Quantitative understanding of basic processes associated with the flow of water and the transport of contaminants in natural porous formations.

Study materials:

[1] Císlerová M., Vogel T.: Transportní procesy, ČVUT Praha, 1998.

[2] Hillel D.: Environmental Soil Physics, Academic Press, 1998.

[3] Bear J.: Modeling Groundwater Flow and Pollution, Kluwer, 1987.

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: