CIVL 6615 - Groundwater Hydrology

Prerequisites: undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics and soil mechanics. Study of fundamental principles governing fluid flow in porous and fractured media, provides necessary foundation for advanced studies in hydrogeology and contaminant hydrology. Includes Darcy's law, the continuity equation, aquifers, flow in the saturated zone, flow nets, wells and well hydraulics, flow in fractures, flow in the unsaturated zone, groundwater modeling. 3 credits.