Demonstration of a Three-Dimensional Numerical Groundwater Flow and Transport Simulation in Savannah River Site, South Carolina

Abstract

A numerical simulation of a site at the Savannah River Site is presented to demonstrate the GMS/FEMWATER capabilities. Tritium was selected as the chemical of concern for the transport simulation. Effects of the hydrogeologic parameters such as infiltration and pumping on the flow and tritium transport were investigated. The highly irregular geometry of the site resulted in a slow numerical convergence of the flow simulations. The initial conditions of the flow and mass of the tritium were crucial to this demonstration. The future modeling of the site should include a detailed mesh system, sufficient hydrogeologic and chemical data, and incorporation of a parameter estimation technique.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA331229

Entities

People

  • Bernard B. Hsieh
  • Mansour Zakikhani
  • William D. Martin

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Demonstrations
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Environmental Protection
  • Groundwater
  • Savannahs
  • Simulations
  • South Carolina
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transport Ships
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Water Resources

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Riverine Ecology