INFORMATION

Presentation

Meeting the demands of the European Water Framework Directive may require performing quick, yet precise, models of groundwater flow and transport. The analytic element method is ideally suited for such an objective. It is a numerical method based on the superposition of closed-form analytical expressions. As such, it is easy to use and highly accurate.

The objective of this short course is to explain the application of the analytic element method to the modeling of groundwater flow. The course will cover the basic principles of the method, along with its application to a variety of problems.

The attendees will receive a cd with the educational version of the computer program SLAEM (Single Layer Analytic Element Model) and a cd with pdf files that contain the relevant portions of the textbook Groundwater Mechanics, Prentice Hall, 1989 written by the instructor of this course.

Venue

Dates: 15, 16 and 17 November 2005. Timetable: 9.30 - 13.30 and 15 - 18 hrs.The course will be held atBuilding A-2, Room S110, Campus North UPCC/ Gran Capitan, s/n,08034 Barcelona, Spain

Short CourseAPPLICATION OF THE ANALYTIC ELEMENT

METHOD TO THE MODELING OF

REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW

instructor

Otto D.L. StrackProfessor of Civil Engineering

University of Minnesota

DEPARTMENT OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING & GEOSCIENCES

Barcelona, 15-17 November 2005

Registration

Inscription cost is 300 euros.

It includes teaching materials, including informatic codes. Given that the number of open places is limited, an early on-line inscription is recommended:

http://congress.cimne.upc.es/ground/

Secretary

* Paola PizziInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)Building C-1, Campus North UPCC/ Gran Capitan, s/n,08034 Barcelona, Spain

Tel:       +34 93 401 74 41E-mail:  pizzi@cimne.upc,eduFax:      +34 93 401 65 17

* Silvia ArandaDepartment of Geotechnical Engineering & Geosciences

Building D-2, Campus Norh UPC C/ Jordi Girona, 1-3 08034 Barcelona, Spain

Tel:       +34 93 401 68 90E-mail:  silvia.aranda-gimo@upc.eduFax:      +34 93 401 72 51

Web:     http://congress.cimne.upc.es/ground

PROGRAMM

Tuesday, 15 November

•Basic equations, vertically integrated flow, the Dupuit-Forchheimer approximation.•Elementary Analytic Solutions.•Superposition; method of images.•Elementary simulation with SLAEM.•Principles of the analytic element method.•Line elements.•Modeling streams.•Modeling inhomogeneities.

Wednesday, 16 November

•Construction of a regional model using analytic elements. Data will be presented that the participants of the course will use to construct the groundwater model.•Comparison between analytic element models and discrete numerical models (e.g. MODFLOW or finite element models).

Thursday, 17 November

•Advanced analytic elements for modeling general vector fields.•Multi-aquifer flow; modeling examples.•Transient flow.•Contaminant transport; simulation of dispersion using a numerical laboratory based on analytic element models.•Presentation of the design of publicly available object-oriented libraries of analytic elements, programmed in Fortran 95

Professor Otto D.L. StrackProfessor of Civil Engineering

University of Minnesota

PROFESSOR

PREREQUISITES

•Familiarity with the basic equations of groundwater flow.

•Elementary groundwater modeling skills (computer simulations).

•Elementary mathematics: algebra, differentiation, functions of two variables and partial differentiation.

REGISTRATION

•Inscription cost is 300 €.

•Inscriptions only on-line through course web-page:

http://congress.cimne.upc.es/ground