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Solvers Thin Aquifer

Solvers Thin Aquifer. In-Class Task Script CE En 547 Brigham Young University. 1. Download, unzip, and open file. May want to save as a different name.

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Solvers Thin Aquifer

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  1. SolversThin Aquifer In-Class Task Script CE En 547 Brigham Young University

  2. 1. Download, unzip, and open file May want to save as a different name. You do not need to interpolate the bottom elevations. The model has already been modified with the different bottom elevations. You just need to experiment with the solver. Activate bottom elevations array to see new elevations.

  3. 2. Save and run model Cells go dry on left side. Head overshoot?

  4. 3. Change starting heads to a larger value. First, compare starting heads to bottom elevations using the Cell Properties dialog. c) Starting head is too low. Starts out below bottom elevation. b) Right-click on one of the cells that was going dry on left side of model. a) Select one of the MODFLOW arrays so that the Head solution is not active.

  5. 3. cont… Change starting heads so that they are above the bottom elevation. Try 400.

  6. 3. cont. Not much change. Cells are still going dry.

  7. 4. Change solver options Increase number of iterations Reduce acceleration (relax) parameter so that solver takes smaller steps. See if we have a head overshoot problem.

  8. 4. cont. Still not much change. Keep trying!

  9. 5. Try putting the starting head closer to the final head Change to 330. Bottom elevation =~326 on the left side.

  10. 5. cont. Bingo. Cells are no longer going dry. It was clearly a head overshoot problem.

  11. 5. cont. You can also get the problem to converge with zero dry cells by switching to a different solver (SIP, GMG) and reducing the acceleration parameter.

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