COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NUMERICAL MODELING OF GROUND WATER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5033 NUMERICAL MODELING OF GROUND WATER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALPER ELÇI

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to provide graduate students with ground water flow modeling knowledge that can prove valuable in water resources management, environmental impact assessment studies, contaminated site characterizations and design of facilities to remediate contaminated ground water.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define concepts and terms related to hydrogeology
2   To be able to calculate hydraulic heads and flux of groundwater
3   To be able to derive governing equations for groundwater flow
4   To be able to develop finite-difference equations for simple groundwater flow problems
5   To be able to discern groundwater flow equations
6   To be able to numerically solve groundwater flow models
7   To be able to analyze modeling case studies
8   To be able to use groundwater modeling software for simple case studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to mathematical modeling and subsurface hydrology
2 Subsurface hydrology; physical and mathematical principles of saturated ground water flow
3 Physical and mathematical principles of saturated ground water
4 Derivation of ground water flow equations
5 Conceptual model design and boundary types
6 Review of the finite-difference method and application to groundwater
7 Numerical solutions of steady-state flow problems
8 Transient modeling: storage parameters, initial conditions, temporal discretization
9 Mid-term exam
10 Temporal discretization and time stepping: explicit methods,
11 Numerical solutions of transient flow problems
12 Model calibration, reporting and model error analyses
13 Case study applications using MODFLOW-2005 (1)
14 Case study applications using MODFLOW-2005 (2)

Recomended or Required Reading

Anderson, M.P. and Woessner, W.W., 1992. Applied groundwater modeling: simulation of flow and advective transport.
Spitz, K. and Moreno, J., 1996. A practical guide to groundwater and solute transport modeling.
Wang, H. and Anderson, M.P., 1982. Introduction to groundwater modeling finite differences and finite element methods.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Performing in-class applications
Assigning homeworks and providing their solutions
Assigning a modeling term project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG* 0.15 + PRJ * 0.20 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.35
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG* 0.15 + PRJ * 0.20 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.35


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Homework assignments are to be submitted at the beginning of class on the designated due date. 20/100 points per day will be deducted for late submissions.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Room A226
Phone and E-mail: (232) 301 7112, alper.elci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Design Project 1 36 36
Preparing assignments 5 6 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.411
LO.51
LO.611
LO.71
LO.8111

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