Vadose Zone Hydrology

Lecturers:

• doc. Ing. Michal Sněhota, Ph.D.
• Ing. Wahab Razbar Azad

Contents:

Lectures

1. Theory of flow in porous media. Derivation of flow equations, boundary conditions.
2. The hydraulic characteristics of the porous medium. The theory of capillary models.
3. Determination of hydraulic characteristics, optimization of parameters of retention curves, prediction of hydraulic conductivity.
4. Numerical methods to solve flow equations.
5. Elementary processes of water flow in the subsurface.
6. Solute transport. Miscible flow, conservative flow, advection, dispersion, dispersion characteristics.
7. Reactive transport. Description of fundamental chemical reactions, equilibrium and kinetic models. Universal transport equations, boundary conditions.
8. Determination of dispersion characteristics. Multiphase flow (non-aqueous phase liquids).
9. Heterogeneity of soil medium.
10. Flow and transport of substances in soils exhibiting preferential flow.
11. Simulation models and their applications.
12. Modeling of soil water regime in engineering and environmental problems. Ethical standards and interpretation of simulation results.
13. Case studies

Study materials:

Seminar 3 Soil Hydraulic Characteristics - Retention Curve

Seminar 4 Hydraulic Conductivity

Literature :
[1] Bear, J., & Cheng, AH-D. (2010). Modeling groundwater flow and contaminant transport. Dordrecht: Springer.ISBN: 978-1-4020-6681-8
[2] Hillel, D. (2009). Environmental soil physics. Amsterdam [ua: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-348655-4
[3] Jury, W. A., & Horton, R. (2004). Soil physics. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley. ISBN-13: 978-0471059653