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JLJ7313Hydraulics of Groundwater3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseThird Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
Lecturer--
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To explain the students, mathematical statements os groundwater motions
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : describe mathematical statements os groundwater forecasting problem1,41,3
PO - 2 : describe hydrodynamic dispersion1,41,3
PO - 3 : calculate problems about hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells1,4,141,3
PO - 4 : prepare model for aquifer systems1,4,141,3
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Definitions, Groundwater and aquifers (aquifer, aquiclude, aquitard, aquifuge) Classificaion of aquifers Hydraulic approach to flow in aquifers Continuum approach to flow through porous media Inhomogeneity and anisotropy Groundwater balance Theory of groundwater flow Flow in anisotrop aquifers Dupuit assumptions for phreatic aquifers General equation of groundwater flow for unconfined and confned aquifers Mathematical statements os groundwater forecasting problem Intial and boundary conditions Methodes for solving groundwater flow problems Modelling of aquifer systems (numerical methods, Finite Difference Methods)
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Definitions, Groundwater and aquifers (aquifer, aquiclude, aquitard, aquifuge)
 Week 2Moisture distribution in a vertial profile, Classificaion of aquifers (confined aquifer=pressure aquifer, artesian aquifer, phreatic aquifer=unconfined aquifer, leaky aquifer, leaky confined aquifer)
 Week 3Hydraulic approach to flow in aquifers, Continuum approach to flow through porous media Inhomogeneity and anisotropy
 Week 4Groundwater balance (Groundwater flow and leakage, replenishment from precipitation, return folw from irrigation and sewage, artifical recharge, river-aquifer interrelationships, springs, pumpage and drainage, change in storage)
 Week 5Theory of groundwater flow (Darcy's law, hydraulic potential,transmissivity)
 Week 6Flow in anisotrop aquifers
 Week 7Dupuit assumptions for phreatic aquifers
 Week 8Flow through a stratified phreatic aquifer
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10General equation of groundwater flow for unconfined and confned aquifers
 Week 11Mathematical statement of the groundwater forcasting problem Intial and boundary conditions
 Week 12Boundary of prescribed potential Boundary of prescribed flux
 Week 13Methodes for solving groundwater flow problems analytical methods analogs methods numerical methods
 Week 14numerical methods Finite Difference Methods
 Week 15Basic Finite Difference Schemes
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Bear, J, 1979; Hydraulics of Groundwater, McGraw-Hill Inc. USA
 
Recommended Reading
1Kresic, N, 1997; Hydrogeology and Groundwater Modeling,
2Gültekin, F, 2008; Yeraltısuyu Hidroliği (Hazırlanmış ders notu)
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 01/04/2013 2 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 6
10
12
14
15/03/2013
12/04/2031
26/04/2013
10/05/2013
5
10
10
10
20
End-of-term exam 16 24/05/2013 3 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 6 14 84
Arasınav için hazırlık 10 1 10
Arasınav 2 1 2
Ödev 10 4 40
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 20 1 20
Dönem sonu sınavı 3 1 3
Total work load201