Schedule

Week 01

Aug 22

Introduction & Steady-state saturated flow

Lecture note #01

Aug 24

Steady-state saturated flow

Lecture note #01

Week 02

Aug 29

Transient saturated flow; saturated solute transport

Lecture note #02

Aug 31

Saturated solute transport

Lecture note #03

ReleaseHW #1

Week 03

Sep 05

Multiphase fluids in capillary tubes (a)

Lecture note #04

Sep 07

Multiphase fluids in capillary tubes (b)

Lecture note #05

Week 04

Sep 12

Porous medium models and characteristic curves

J&H Ch 3

DueHW #1

Sep 14

Macroscopic description of two-phase flow

P&C Ch 11

ReleaseHW #2

Week 05

Sep 19

Richards’ assumptions; Richards’ Equation

P&C Ch 11

Sep 21

Steady-state unsaturated flow

Lecture note #08

DueHW #2

Week 06

Sep 26

Numerical solution of steady-state unsat. flow (a)

Lecture note #09

ReleaseHW #03

Sep 28

Numerical solution of steady-state unsat. flow (b)

Week 07

Oct 03

Transient unsaturated flow (a)

J&H Ch 3

Oct 05

No class (Remembering Prof. Tom Meixner)

Week 08

Oct 10

Transient unsaturated flow (b)

J&H Ch 3

DueHW #3

Oct 12

Numerical solution for transient unsat. flow

Celia 1990

Week 09

Oct 17

Use HYDRUS to study 1D transient unsat flow (In class)

Oct 19

2D unsaturated flow

Lecture note #12

Week 10

Oct 24

Review session for the midterm exam

ReleaseHW #4

Oct 26

Midterm Oral Exam

Time & Location (TBD)

Week 11

Oct 31

Comments on midterm & Measurement methods

Lecture note #15

Nov 02

Visit the lab of Dr. Mark Brusseau

DueHW #4

Week 12

Nov 07

Parameter estimation/Inverse modeling & Use spreadsheet model

Lecture note #13

Nov 09

Inverse modeling w/ HYDRUS (in class)

Lecture notes #16 & #13a

Week 13

Nov 14

Introduction to PFAS

Nov 16

Transport of PFAS under unsat. flow

Guo 2020

ReleaseHW #5

Week 14

Nov 21

Fluid-fluid interfacial area

Nov 23

No class (Thanksgiving recess)

Week 15

Nov 28

Informal presentation of “Art of Porous Media Flow” & Review session for the final exam

DueHW #5

Nov 30

No class (work on final project)

Week 16

Dec 05

Presentation of final projects

Dec 07

No class (reading day)

Dec 08

Final Exam

Time & Location (2-4 pm in Harshbarger 203)