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Learn the fundamentals of porosity, hydraulics, head gradient, and Darcy's Law to optimize groundwater flow and manage water resources effectively.
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Ground Water Basics • Porosity • Head • Hydraulic Conductivity • Transmissivity
Porosity Basics • Porosity n (or f) • Volume of pores is also the total volume – the solids volume
Porosity Basics • Can re-write that as: • Then incorporate: • Solid density: rs = Msolids/Vsolids • Bulk density: rb = Msolids/Vtotal • rb/rs = Vsolids/Vtotal
Porosity Basics • Volumetric water content (q) • Equals porosity for saturated system
Ground Water Flow • Pressure and pressure head • Elevation head • Total head • Head gradient • Discharge • Darcy’s Law (hydraulic conductivity) • Kozeny-Carman Equation
Multiple Choice:Water flows…? • Uphill • Downhill • Something else
Pressure and Pressure Head • Pressure relative to atmospheric, so P = 0 at water table • P = rghp • r density • g gravity • hpdepth
P = 0 (= Patm) Pressure Head Pressure Head (increases with depth below surface) Elevation Head
Elevation Head • Water wants to fall • Potential energy
Elevation Head (increases with height above datum) Elevation Elevation Head Elevation datum Head
Total Head • For our purposes: • Total head = Pressure head + Elevation head • Water flows down a total head gradient
P = 0 (= Patm) Pressure Head Total Head (constant: hydrostatic equilibrium) Elevation Elevation Head Elevation datum Head
Potential/Potential Diagrams • Total potential = elevation potential + pressure potential • Pressure potential depends on depth below a free surface • Elevation potential depends on height relative to a reference (slope is 1)
Head Gradient • Change in head divided by distance in porous medium over which head change occurs • dh/dx [unitless]
Discharge • Q (volume per time) Specific Discharge/Flux/Darcy Velocity • q (volume per time per unit area) • L3 T-1 L-2→ L T-1
Darcy’s Law • Q = -K dh/dx A where K is the hydraulic conductivity and A is the cross-sectional flow area 1803 - 1858 www.ngwa.org/ ngwef/darcy.html
Darcy’s Law • Q = K dh/dl A • Specific discharge or Darcy ‘velocity’: qx = -Kx∂h/∂x … q = -K gradh • Mean pore water velocity: v = q/ne
Intrinsic Permeability L2 L T-1
Transmissivity • T = Kb
Darcy’s Law • Q = -K dh/dl A • Q, q • K, T
Mass Balance/Conservation Equation • I = inputs • P = production • O = outputs • L = losses • A = accumulation
qx|x Dz qx|x+Dx Dx Dy Derivation of 1-D Laplace Equation • Inflows - Outflows = 0 • (q|x - q|x+Dx)DyDz = 0 • q|x – (q|x +Dx dq/dx) = 0 • dq/dx = 0 (Continuity Equation) (Constitutive equation)
Particular Analytical Solution of 1-D Laplace Equation (BVP) BCs: - Derivative (constant flux): e.g., dh/dx|0 = 0.01 - Constant head: e.g., h|100 = 10 m After 1st integration of Laplace Equation we have: After 2nd integration of Laplace Equation we have: Incorporate derivative, gives A. Incorporate constant head, gives B.
Finite Difference Solution of 1-D Laplace Equation Need finite difference approximation for 2nd order derivative. Start with 1st order. Look the other direction and estimate at x – Dx/2:
Finite Difference Solution of 1-D Laplace Equation (ctd) Combine 1st order derivative approximations to get 2nd order derivative approximation. Set equal to zero and solve for h:
Matrix Notation/Solutions • Ax=b • A-1b=x
Toth Problems • Governing Equation • Boundary Conditions
Recognizing Boundary Conditions • Parallel: • Constant Head • Constant (non-zero) Flux • Perpendicular: No flow • Other: • Sloping constant head
Internal ‘Boundary’ Conditions • Constant head • Wells • Streams • Lakes • No flow • Flow barriers • Other
Poisson Equation • Add/remove water from system so that inflow and outflow are different • R can be recharge, ET, well pumping, etc. • R can be a function of space and time • Units of R: L T-1
Poisson Equation (qx|x+Dx - qx|x)Dyb -RDxDy = 0
Dupuit Assumption • Flow is horizontal • Gradient = slope of water table • Equipotentials are vertical
Dupuit Assumption (qx|x+Dx hx|x+Dx- qx|x hx|x)Dy - RDxDy = 0
Water Balance • Given: • Recharge rate • Transmissivity • Find and compare: • Inflow • Outflow
Water Balance • Given: • Recharge rate • Flux BC • Transmissivity • Find and compare: • Inflow • Outflow
2Dy Y 1Dy 0 0 1Dx 2Dx Effective outflow boundary Block-centered model Only the area inside the boundary (i.e. [(imax -1)Dx] [(jmax -1)Dy] in general) contributes water to what is measured at the effective outflow boundary. In our case this was 23000 11000, as we observed. For large imax and jmax, subtracting 1 makes little difference. X
Effective outflow boundary Mesh-centered model 2Dy An alternative is to use a mesh-centered model. This will require an extra row and column of nodes and the constant heads will not be exactly on the boundary. Y 1Dy 0 0 1Dx 2Dx X
Dupuit Assumption Water Balance Effective outflow area h1 (h1 + h2)/2 h2
Basic definitions • Variance: • Standard Deviation:
Basic definitions • Number of pairs
Basic definitions • Number of pairs:
h Basic definitions • Lag (h) • Separation distance (and possibly direction)
h Basic definitions • Variance: • Variogram: