CIV6881 Ground water hydraulics
Faculty of Engineering
CIV6881 Ground water hydraulics is a level 6, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton and Suzhou (SEU). It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 0
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton, Suzhou (SEU)
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before CIV6881
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After CIV6881
No unit lists CIV6881 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
This unit is available only to Engineering PhD students.
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.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Term 3 | Suzhou (SEU) | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 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 and teaching
4 hours lectures/practice and 8 hours of private study per week.
Where it fits
CIV6881 is part of 1 area of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Christian Urich
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Jeffrey Walker
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CIV6881?
CIV6881 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is CIV6881 offered?
In 2020, CIV6881 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton and Suzhou (SEU).
Which majors and minors include CIV6881?
CIV6881 is part of Engineering PhD program.