ENGLISH

Numerical Models in Groundwater Pollution

By Dr. Karel Kovarik (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2000
ISBN
978-3-642-63098-9, 978-3-642-56982-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-56982-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7593432 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
224\230
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Foundationsgeneral; Earth Sciencesgeneral; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied EartHydraulics; Earth SciencesHydrogeology; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollu

Description

Mathematical models are the effective tool to solve different tasks predicting pollutant movement. The finite difference method is the oldest, but still remains widely used in hydrogeological practice. However, this method is not very useful to construct the new transport models because it cannot approximate the shape of remediation elements exactly. Therefore the book is concerned with the FEM (Finite Element Method) and BEM (Boundary Element Method), and also with the comparison of advantages of these methods in groundwater hydrology. The combination of the BEM and the random-walk particle tracking method, which seems to be a very useful tool to model the spread of pollution in groundwater, are also presented. The computer programmes have been developed on the basis of the theoretical backgrounds of these methods. They use the Visual C++ programming language for Windows 95/NT platform and will be included in the book.

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