541-0045/02 – Groundwater Hydraulics (PH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Naďa Rapantová, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Naďa Rapantová, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2015/2016 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Our intention is to provide a broad coverage of topics (see annotation of the course) in order to acquaint students with the basic principles of the subject taught and their practical applications.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Basic terminology of hydraulics of fluids in porous media. Physical parameters
of liquors (water, oil and gas) and aquifers. Hydrodynamic laws of groundwater
flow in rock environment. Basic system of types of flow through porous media.
Flownet, streamlines, groundwater-table and piezometric contours. General
continuity equation and its solution. Steady and unsteady flow. Methods of
hydrodynamics tests and their kinds.
Compulsory literature:
McWhorter D.B., Sunada D.K. (1977) : Ground-Water Hydrology and Hydraulics.
Water Resources Publications. Colorado USA.
Raudkivi A.J., Callander R.A. (1976) : Analysis of Groundwater Flow. Vyd.
Edw.Arnold Ltd., London.
Zijl W., Nawalany M. : Natural Grounwater Flow. Publisher Lewis. USA, 1993
Dawson K.J., Istok J.D. : Aquifer Testing (Design and Analysis of Pumping and
Slug Tests). Publisher Lewis. USA, 1993
Recommended literature:
Freeze R.A., Cherry J.A. (1979) : Groundwater. Prentice-Hall, Englewood
Cliftts,N.J.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Samostatná práce, zpracování zadání, cvičení.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The subject is dealing with theoretical and practical aspects of groundwater flow in rock environment – porous media and hydraulic parameters and their estimation.
Content:
Basic terminology in groundwater hydraulics.
Physical properties of fluids and aquifers.
Types of porous media filtration flows, governing equations and characteristics,
Continuity equation, steady and transient flow of compressible and uncompressible fluids.
Linear Darcy law, groundwater flow velocity, tortuosity.
Governing equations – Boussinesq – flow in unconfined aquifer.
Steady state flow governing equations - Dupuit.
Transient flow governing equations – Theis.
Depression cone, well interference.
Methods of hydraulic parameters estimation. Hydrodynamic testing – methods.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction