| Date |
Topic |
In-Class Tasks |
Deadlines |
HW |
Due |
| Sept 4 |
(no class - out of town) |
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| Sept 6 |
Welcome and get acquainted |
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| Sept 11 |
Introduction to
modeling, types of models, modeling steps |
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| Sept 13 |
Hydraulic Head Concepts, Darcy's Law |
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HW
#1 |
9/25 |
| Sept 18 |
Governing Eqs. |
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| Sept 20 |
Governing Eqs, cont.
- Conceptual Models,
Grid Design |
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| Sept 25 |
Coord Systems, Base Maps, GIS Data -
Intro to MODAEM |
sitemap.tif |
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| Sept 27 |
MODAEM, cont. - Discuss Term Project |
modaem |
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HW #2 |
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| Oct 2 |
Introduction to
MODFLOW, MODFLOW case study |
mfgrid_tut.pdf |
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| Oct 4 |
MODFLOW case study |
case1.zip
modfcase1.pdf |
Finish Harr |
HW #3 |
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| Oct 9 |
More MODFLOW
packages |
case1-b.zip
case1-b.pdf |
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HW #4 |
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| Oct 11-14 |
Midterm Exam #1, Online |
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| Oct 11 |
Solvers, geostatistics,
interpolating layer elevations |
plumedat.txt
gestats2d_tut.pdf
points.zip
layerdata_tut.pdf |
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HW #5 |
|
| if time permits |
Boreholes, cross-sections,
horizons, solids |
bh-xsect_tut.pdf
horiz_tut.pdf
tut_files.zip |
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HW #6 |
|
| Oct 16 |
Building MODFLOW models using
GIS data and the conceptual model approach |
start.zip
steps.pdf |
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HW #7 |
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| Oct 18 |
Conceptual model approach, cont. |
start.zip
modcftut.pdf |
Team contract |
HW #8 |
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| Oct 23 |
Particle Tracking, MODPATH |
flowmod.zip
mpath_tut.pdf |
Woburn flow model |
HW#9 |
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| Oct 25 |
Model Calibration |
bigval.zip
calib_tut.pdf |
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HW #10 |
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| Oct 30 |
Automated Parameter
Estimation |
inverse.zip
paramest_tut.pdf |
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HW #11 |
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| Nov 1 |
Parameter Estimation, cont. |
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HW #12 |
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Nov 6 |
Boundary condition analysis |
bcanalysis.zip |
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| Nov 8 |
Transient Simulations |
trans.zip
transient_tut.pdf |
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HW #13 |
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| Nov 13-14 |
Midterm #2, Online |
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Nov 13 |
Stochastic Modeling,
Monte Carlo Simulations |
start.zip
stoch_steps.pdf |
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HW #14 |
11/27 |
| Nov 15 |
Governing Eqs., 2D Profile
Models, Governing Eqs, Areal Flow |
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HW #15 |
11/29 |
| Nov 17 |
<Saturday - no class> |
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Calibrated Woburn flow model |
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| Nov 20 |
Friday instruction - No class |
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| Nov 22 |
Thanksgiving - No class |
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Nov 27 |
Flow Nets,
Finite Difference Solution |
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| Nov 29 |
Finite Difference Solution, cont |
fd-start.xls |
Woburn particle tracking analysis |
HW #16 |
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Dec 4 |
Finite Element Solution, SEEP2D |
confined tut |
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| Dec 6 |
SEEP2D |
unconfined tut
dampts.shp |
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HW #17 |
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| Dec 11 |
Term project reports |
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Final Woburn reports |
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| Dec 13 |
Term project reports/Course Eval. |
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HW #18 |
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| Dec 14-15 |
Reading Days |
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Dec 17-19 |
Final Exam (online) |
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