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Aug 24 |
H, E |
Introduction to the course (see syllabus), porous media as discrete or continuous |
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Aug 26 |
E |
MathCAD: Introduction, Assignment 1, Approaching the pore scale |
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Aug 31 |
E |
MathCAD Assignment 2: filling a bucket (Solution), The pore scale |
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Sep 2 |
E |
MathCAD Assignment 3: the leaky bucket (Solution), Connectivity and structure, percolation |
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Sep 7 |
H |
Heat transfer in soils: basic equation(s), thermal properties, and analytical solution for constant surface temperature |
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Sep 9 |
H |
MathCAD Assignment 4: 3 leaky buckets, Analytical solution for periodic surface temperature; numerical methods |
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Sep 14 |
H |
Field and inverse methods |
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Sep 16 |
H |
Analytical solution for freezing soil |
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Sep 21 |
E |
Water retention in soils at the pore and continuum scales |
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Sep 23 |
E |
Water flow in soils at the pore scale |
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Sep 28 |
H |
Water flow in soils as a continuum: basic equations and applications |
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Sep 30 |
H |
Hydraulic properties |
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Oct 5 |
H |
Analytical and numerical solutions |
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Oct 7 |
E |
Diffusion at the pore and continuum scales |
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Oct 12 |
G |
Chemical transport: develop CDE, MIM, and transfer function equations |
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Oct 14 |
G |
Transport parameters and solutions |
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Oct 19 |
G |
Application of theory to chemical transport |
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Oct 21 |
E |
Chemical transport - pore scale perspective, scaling issues |
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Oct 26 |
E |
DNAPL movement |
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Nov 9 |
H |
Heat pulse probe for determining water flow rates |
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Nov 11 |
H |
Simultaneous heat, water, and chemical movement |
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Nov 16 |
H, E |
Summary |
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Nov 18 |
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Open |
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Students work on projects |
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Dec 7 |
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Student presentations |
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Dec 9 |
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Oral Exam |