CIV5881 · Ground water hydraulics

Overview

This unit covers theoretical and practical knowledge of groundwater hydraulics, emphasizing analytical and numerical modelling skills. The unit includes: aquifer properties, Darcy's law, well hydraulics, analytical and numerical modelling, model calibration, uncertainty analysis, contaminant fate and transport, variable density flow and ground water flow in unsaturated soils. The knowledge learnt from this unit is directly applicable to research projects and practical industrial problems.

Areas of study: E6006 Master of Civil Engineering (Monash-SEU Double Masters)

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Continuous assessment: 40% Final assessment: 60% This unit contains threshold hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Describe the fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport.
2. Design hydraulic tests to obtain basic aquifer parameters.
3. Derive analytical solutions for ground water flow and contaminant transport problems.
4. Model ground water flow, solute transport and variable density flow numerically.
5. Conduct model calibration, parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis.
6. Work both independently and collaboratively on complex ground water problems.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.