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Author:   Jacob Bear ,  Alexander H.-D. Cheng
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2010
Volume:   23
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.294kg
ISBN:  

9789402404777

ISBN 10:   9402404775
Pages:   834
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Main Symbols 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Role of Groundwater in Water Resources Systems 1.1.1 The hydrological cycle 1.1.2 Surface water versus groundwater 1.1.3 Characteristics of groundwater 1.1.4 Functions of aquifers 1.1.5 Subsurface contamination 1.1.6 Sustainable yield 1.2 Modeling 1.2.1 Modeling concepts 1.2.2 Modeling process 1.2.3. Model use 1.3 Continuum Approach to Transport in Porous Media 1.3.1 Phases, chemical species and components 1.3.2 Need for a continuum approach 1.3.3 Representative elementary volume and averages 1.3.4 Scale of heterogeneity in continuum models 1.3.5 Homogenization 1.4 Scope and Organization 2 GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFERS 2.1 Definitions of Aquifers 2.2 Moisture Distribution in a Vertical Soil Profile 2.3 Classification of Aquifers 2.4 Solid Matrix Properties 2.4.1 Soil classification based on grain size distribution 2.4.2 Porosity and void ratio 2.4.3 Specific surface 2.5 Inhomogeneity and Anisotropy 2.6 Hydraulic Approach to Flow in Aquifers 3 REGIONAL GROUNDWATER BALANCE 3.1 Groundwater Flow and Leakage 3.1.1 Inflow and outflow through aquifer boundaries 3.1.2 Leakage 3.2 Natural Replenishment from Precipitation 3.3 Return Flow from Irrigation and Sewage 3.4 Artificial Recharge 3.4.1 Objectives 3.4.2 Methods 3.5 River-Aquifer Interrelationships 3.6 Springs 3.7 Evapotranspiration 3.8 Pumping and Drainage 3.9 Change in Storage 3.10 Regional Groundwater Balance 4 GROUNDWATER MOTION 4.1 Darcy’s Law 4.1.1 The empirical law 4.1.2 Extension to a three-dimensional space 4.1.3 Hydraulic conductivity 4.1.4 Extension to anisotropic porous media 4.2 Darcy’s Law as Momentum Balance Equation 4.2.1 Darcy’s law by volume averaging 4.2.2 Darcy’s law by homogenization 4.2.3 Effective hydraulic conductivity by homogenization 4.3 Non-Darcy Laws 4.3.1 Range of validity of Darcy’s law 4.3.2 Non-Darcian motion equations 4.4 Aquifer Transmissivity 4.5 Dupuit Assumption for a Phreatic Aquifer 5 WATER BALANCES AND COMPLETE FLOW MODEL 5.1 Mass Balance Equations 5.1.1 Fundamental mass balance equation 5.1.2 Deformable porous medium 5.1.3 Specific storativity 5.1.4 Flow equations 5.2 Initial and Boundary Conditions 5.2.1 Boundary surface 5.2.2 Initial and general boundary conditions 5.2.3 Particular boundary conditions 5.3 Complete 3-D Mathematical Flow Model 5.3.1 Well-posed problem 5.3.2 Conceptual model 5.3.3 Standard content of a flow model 5.4 Modeling 2-D Flow in Aquifers 5.4.1 Deriving the 2-D balance equations by integration 5.4.2 Another derivation of the 2-D balance equations 5.4.3 Complete aquifer flow models 5.4.4 Effect of storage changes in an aquitard 5.4.5 Multilayered aquifer-aquitard system 5.4.6 Groundwater maps and streamlines 5.5 Land Subsidence 5.5.1 Integrated water mass balance equation 5.5.2 Integrated equilibrium equation 5.5.3 Terzaghi-Jacob vs. Biot approaches 5.5.4 Land subsidence produced by pumping 6 MODELING FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE 6.1 Statics of Fluids in the Unsaturated Zone 6.1.1 Water content 6.1.2 Surface tension 6.1.3 Capillary pressure 6.1.4 Retention curve 6.1.5 Experimental determination of

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From the reviews: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise of groundwater flow and transport modeling. It provides easy-to-follow descriptions of basic concepts, governing equations, relevant parameters, methods of measurement and observation, numerical solution methods, and interpretation of results, for real-world situations. It is a must have for students, teachers, researchers, engineers, and managers in subsurface hydrology and management. S.M. Hassanizadeh, Professor of Hydrogeology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands A very comprehensive and well written textbook that addresses the formulation of both conceptual and mathematical models to predict flow and transport through porous media and to make decisions for a sustainable development of the subsurface resources and remediation of contaminated groundwater based on optimal management under uncertainty. The readers who are potentially interested include practitioners, modelers, managers and researchers as well as students at the graduate and upper undergraduate level in civil and environmental engineering. Giuseppe Gambolati, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy This book is a must for researchers as well as practitioners who are interested in understanding the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art of groundwater modeling issues. Prabhakar Clement, Arthur H. Feagin Chair of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA I teach three graduate courses, Introduction to Modeling Transport Phenomena for Aquifer Remediation , Modeling Flow and Transport through Heterogeneous Media , and Numerical Approximation by the Finite Element Method , to students coming from Natural Sciences and Engineering Sciences areas at my university, and also at several world-wide institutes. This book comprehensively covers a spectrum of theoretical and practical topics addressing quantitative modeling and environmental issues of groundwater flow and transport. I will definitely recommend the book as a valuable reference to my students and colleagues. Shaul Sorek, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel This is an excellent reference book for postgraduate students and researchers in the discipline of groundwater. This book provides detailed information regarding modelling of contaminant transport in porous medium that is particular important for environmental scientists and numerical modellers. Dong-Sheng Jeng, NRP Chair in Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK Bear and Cheng have provided a unified and systematic approach in this reference book for engineers and scientists interested in modelling subsurface flow. They presented each chapter with clarity explaining why the topics discussed are of importance. In addition to covering traditional areas of groundwater flow and contaminant transport, the authors provide a good introduction to topics such as uncertainty, optimization and inverse problems which gained importance in recent years. Yavuz Corapcioglu, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA This book presents the methodology and procedures for constructing complete mathematical models of two problems: first, groundwater flow, and second, groundwater contaminant transport, both in saturated and unsaturated zones. ... The book could be of interest to researchers, scientists and professionals who face the need to build and solve models of flow and contaminant transport in the subsurface. (Valeriu Al. Sava, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1195, 2010) This new textbook by Jacob Bear ... and Alexander H.-D. Cheng provides a comprehensive reference on this subject. ... The topics covered in this textbook are comprehensive, and the treatment is extremely thorough; thus ... Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport provides an excellent, up-to-date reference for researchers and professionals interested in modeling groundwater flow. (Sujit S. Datta, Pure and Applied Geophysics, August, 2012)

This book is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise of groundwater flow and transport modeling. It provides easy-to-follow descriptions of basic concepts, governing equations, relevant parameters, methods of measurement and observation, numerical solution methods, and interpretation of results, for real-world situations. It is a must have for students, teachers, researchers, engineers, and managers in subsurface hydrology and management. S.M. Hassanizadeh, Professor of Hydrogeology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands A very comprehensive and well written textbook that addresses the formulation of both conceptual and mathematical models to predict flow and transport through porous media and to make decisions for a sustainable development of the subsurface resources and remediation of contaminated groundwater based on optimal management under uncertainty. The readerswho are potentially interested include practitioners, modelers, managers and researchers as well as students at the From the reviews: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise of groundwater flow and transport modeling. It provides easy-to-follow descriptions of basic concepts, governing equations, relevant parameters, methods of measurement and observation, numerical solution methods, and interpretation of results, for real-world situations. It is a must have for students, teachers, researchers, engineers, and managers in subsurface hydrology and management. S.M. Hassanizadeh, Professor of Hydrogeology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands A very comprehensive and well written textbook that addresses the formulation of both conceptual and mathematical models to predict flow and transport through porous media and to make decisions for a sustainable development of the subsurface resources and remediation of contaminated groundwater based on optimal management under uncertainty. The readers who are potentially interested include practitioners, modelers, managers and researchers as well as students at the graduate and upper undergraduate level in civil and environmental engineering. Giuseppe Gambolati, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy This book is a must for researchers as well as practitioners who are interested in understanding the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art of groundwater modeling issues. Prabhakar Clement, Arthur H. Feagin Chair of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA I teach three graduate courses, Introduction to Modeling Transport Phenomena for Aquifer Remediation, Modeling Flow and Transport through Heterogeneous Media, and Numerical Approximation by the Finite Element Method, to students coming from Natural Sciences and Engineering Sciences areas at my university, and also at several world-wide institutes. This book comprehensively covers a spectrum of theoretical and practical topics addressing quantitative modeling and environmental issues of groundwater flow and transport. I will definitely recommend the book as a valuable referen From the reviews: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise of groundwater flow and transport modeling. It provides easy-to-follow descriptions of basic concepts, governing equations, relevant parameters, methods of measurement and observation, numerical solution methods, and interpretation of results, for real-world situations. It is a must have for students, teachers, researchers, engineers, and managers in subsurface hydrology and management. S.M. Hassanizadeh, Professor of Hydrogeology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands A very comprehensive and well written textbook that addresses the formulation of both conceptual and mathematical models to predict flow and transport through porous media and to make decisions for a sustainable development of the subsurface resources and remediation of contaminated groundwater based on optimal management under uncertainty. The readers who are potentially interested include practitioners, modelers, managers and researchers as well as students at the graduate and upper undergraduate level in civil and environmental engineering. Giuseppe Gambolati, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy This book is a must for researchers as well as practitioners who are interested in understanding the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art of groundwater modeling issues. Prabhakar Clement, Arthur H. Feagin Chair of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA I teach three graduate courses, Introduction to Modeling Transport Phenomena for Aquifer Remediation, Modeling Flow and Transport through Heterogeneous Media, and Numerical Approximation by the Finite Element Method, to students coming from Natural Sciences and Engineering Sciences areas at my university, and also at several world-wide institutes. This book comprehensively covers a spectrum of theoretical and practical topics addressing quantitative modeling and environmental issues of groundwater flow and transport. I will definitely recommend the book as a valuable reference to my students and colleagues. Shaul Sorek, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel This is an excellent reference book for postgraduate students and researchers in the discipline of groundwater. This book provides detailed information regarding modelling of contaminant transport in porous medium that is particular important for environmental scientists and numerical modellers. Dong-Sheng Jeng, NRP Chair in Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK Bear and Cheng have provided a unified and systematic approach in this reference book for engineers and scientists interested in modelling subsurface flow. They presented each chapter with clarity explaining why the topics discussed are of importance. In addition to covering traditional areas of groundwater flow and contaminant transport, the authors provide a good introduction to topics such as uncertainty, optimization and inverse problems which gained importance in recent years. Yavuz Corapcioglu, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA This book presents the methodology and procedures for constructing complete mathematical models of two problems: first, groundwater flow, and second, groundwater contaminant transport, both in saturated and unsaturated zones. The book could be of interest to researchers, scientists and professionals who face the need to build and solve models of flow and contaminant transport in the subsurface. (Valeriu Al. Sava, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1195, 2010) This new textbook by Jacob Bear and Alexander H.-D. Cheng provides a comprehensive reference on this subject. The topics covered in this textbook are comprehensive, and the treatment is extremely thorough; thus Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport provides an excellent, up-to-date reference for researchers and professionals interested in modeling groundwater flow. (Sujit S. Datta, Pure and Applied Geophysics, August, 2012)

From the reviews: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise of groundwater flow and transport modeling. It provides easy-to-follow descriptions of basic concepts, governing equations, relevant parameters, methods of measurement and observation, numerical solution methods, and interpretation of results, for real-world situations. It is a must have for students, teachers, researchers, engineers, and managers in subsurface hydrology and management. S.M. Hassanizadeh, Professor of Hydrogeology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands A very comprehensive and well written textbook that addresses the formulation of both conceptual and mathematical models to predict flow and transport through porous media and to make decisions for a sustainable development of the subsurface resources and remediation of contaminated groundwater based on optimal management under uncertainty. The readers who are potentially interested include practitioners, modelers, managers and researchers as well as students at the graduate and upper undergraduate level in civil and environmental engineering. Giuseppe Gambolati, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy This book is a must for researchers as well as practitioners who are interested in understanding the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art of groundwater modeling issues. Prabhakar Clement, Arthur H. Feagin Chair of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA I teach three graduate courses, Introduction to Modeling Transport Phenomena for Aquifer Remediation, Modeling Flow and Transport through Heterogeneous Media, and Numerical Approximation by the Finite Element Method, to students coming from Natural Sciences and Engineering Sciences areas at my university, and also at several world-wide institutes. This book comprehensively covers a spectrum of theoretical and practical topics addressing quantitative modeling and environmental issues of groundwater flow and transport. I will definitely recommend the book as a valuable reference to my students and colleagues. Shaul Sorek, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel This is an excellent reference book for postgraduate students and researchers in the discipline of groundwater. This book provides detailed information regarding modelling of contaminant transport in porous medium that is particular important for environmental scientists and numerical modellers. Dong-Sheng Jeng, NRP Chair in Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK Bear and Cheng have provided a unified and systematic approach in this reference book for engineers and scientists interested in modelling subsurface flow. They presented each chapter with clarity explaining why the topics discussed are of importance. In addition to covering traditional areas of groundwater flow and contaminant transport, the authors provide a good introduction to topics such as uncertainty, optimization and inverse problems which gained importance in recent years. Yavuz Corapcioglu, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA This book presents the methodology and procedures for constructing complete mathematical models of two problems: first, groundwater flow, and second, groundwater contaminant transport, both in saturated and unsaturated zones. The book could be of interest to researchers, scientists and professionals who face the need to build and solve models of flow and contaminant transport in the subsurface. (Valeriu Al. Sava, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1195, 2010) This new textbook by Jacob Bear and Alexander H.-D. Cheng provides a comprehensive reference on this subject. The topics covered in this textbook are comprehensive, and the treatment is extremely thorough; thus Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport provides an excellent, up-to-date reference for researchers and professionals interested in modeling groundwater flow. (Sujit S. Datta, Pure and Applied Geophysics, August, 2012)

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