Hydraulic Features - Linear

Exercises in Set 6 of the AnAqSim Instructional Series describe how AnAqSim can be applied to simulate aquifers with linear (long and narrow) hydraulic and hydrologic features. Line elements deployed perpendicular to regional flow can represent no-flow or slightly leaky hydraulic barriers like slurry walls or sheetpile walls. Dug trenches can be simulated using line elements (specified head or specified flux), but they can also be modeled as a separate long narrow domain containing high-permeability material. These exercises compare the application and results for each approach to modeling a trench. In addition, exercises in this set explore techniques to incorporate certain geologic features into a bedrock aquifer model, including long linear features such as transmissive fault zones and networks of linear features like interconnected fractures.

Topics covered in the Set 6 Exercise Package include:

• Linear barriers to flow (no-flow and leaky)
• Line element representation of a collector trench
• Domain representation of a collector trench
• Adding a long transmissive fault feature
• Modeling flow in bedrock aquifer with fracture features

The Set 6 Exercise Package contains instructional lessons, any necessary modeling input files, basemaps, etc; and a set of step-by-step completed AnAqSim files that you can load at any point if you want to check one of the exercise steps – everything you need to continue learning groundwater modeling using AnAqSim!

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