Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Analytic Element Method in Modeling Groundwater Flow
Brainerd, Minnesota
16–19 April 2000
Host: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
Brainerd, Minnesota
16–19 April 2000
Host: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
Organizing Committee
- Dr. O.D.L. Strack, Chair, University of Minnesota
- Dr. R.J. Barnes, University of Minnesota
- Dr. W.J. de Lange, RIZA, the Netherlands
- Dr. I. Jankovic, University of Minnesota
- Dr. S. Kraemer, USEPA
- Mr. P. Le Grand, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne
- Dr. J. Lehr, Environmental Education Enterprises, Inc.
Technical Committee
- Dr. M. Bakker, University of Nebraska
- Dr. R.J. Barnes, University of Minnesota
- Dr. H.M. Haitjema, Indiana University
- Dr. I. Jankovic, University of Minnesota
- Dr. D.R. Steward, Kansas State University
- Dr. O.D.L. Strack, University of Minnesota
- Dr. A. Verruijt, Delft University of Technology
User Interface Design
- ArcFlow: an interface between ArcView and Split program for modeling groundwater flow.
J. Blum, B. Johnson, R. Soule, Minnesota Department of Health; I. Jankovic, University of Minnesota - MLAEM graphical user interface.
O.D.L. Strack, University of Minnesota; O.E. Strack, Delft University of Technology - Working with WhAEM: analytic element modeling as if people mattered.
S. Kraemer, U.S. EPA; V. Kelson, South Florida Water Management District; H. Haitjema, Indiana University
AEM Theory 1
- Curvilinear elements of Bézier spline shape.
Ph. Le Grand, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne; R. Barnes, University of Minnesota - The geometry of surfaces in divergence-free flow.
D. Steward, Kansas State University - The singular behavior near the endpoint of a semi-confining boundary in the vertical plane.
R. Pennings, GME Consultants, Inc.
Applied Mathematics
- Analytic elements involving the Robin and refraction boundary conditions.
A. Kacimov, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Y. Obnosov, Kazan University, Russia - An Analytic Element Method for multiple circular elastic inclusions.
S. Mogilevskaya, S. Crouch, University of Minnesota - Coupled partial differential equations.
E. Veling, Delft University of Technology
Regional Models
- Some experiences with VARELS in MLAEM encountered in regional modeling of the central lakes area in the Netherlands for WINBOS, 1999.
K. van Vliet, W. de Lange, RIZA, the Netherlands - Modeling regional inter-aquifer leakage in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Groundwater Model.
J. Seaberg, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; D. Hansen, University of Minnesota - Analytical Element Modeling of groundwater flow in anisotropic aquifers.
M. Zaluski, M. Moe, MSE Technology Applications, Inc., Montana - Comparison of the uncertainty of a manually calibrated analytical element model with the uncertainty of the same model calibrated automatically.
J. Moorman, Amsterdam Water Supply, the Netherlands
Comparison of Techniques
- Numerical versus analytic modelling for hydrogeological applications.
D. Graillot, P. Le Grand, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne - Only a matter of resolution.
H. Haitjema, Indiana University; V. Kelson, South Florida Water Management District - Advective transport experiments carried out using MODFLOW in comparison with analytic solutions for three-dimensional groundwater flow.
I. Jankovic, University of Minnesota
Keynote
- Logic in groundwater modeling.
M. McDonald, McDonald Morrissey Associates, Inc.
Modeling 1
- The cost and benefits of modeling complexity: a case study comparing analytic element and numerical models from a proposed mine in northern Wisconsin, USA.
R. Hunt, C. Carlson, J. Krohelski, U.S. Geological Survey; V. Kelson, South Florida Water Management District; H. Haitjema, Indiana University - Capture zone delineation: are simple methods adequate?
A. Ceric, H. Haitjema, Indiana University - Reduction of transient head data under multiple influences.
B. Power, Natural Resource Engineering Company
Modeling 2
- Modeling flow in heterogeneous single fractures using AEM.
M. Spiller, W. Hamelmann, R. Ababou, J. Köngeter, Aachen University of Technology; G. Demny, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Toulouse - Step-wise approach to groundwater flow modeling using analytic element and finite-difference codes.
D. Kaludjerovic, IAH, Waterloo, Canada - Integrating storm water modeling, GIS, and AEM modeling in Washington County, Minnesota.
S. Grubb, J. Swenson, Emmons and Olivier Resources, Minnesota
Flow in the Vertical Plane
- Simulating the interchange between surface water and groundwater through the unsaturated zone using a one-dimensional, steady model.
R. Mollah, D. Steward, Kansas State University - The method of images for leaky boundaries.
E. Anderson, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., Wisconsin - Groundwater flow under a water divide.
A. Verruijt, Delft University of Technology
Keynote
- Future development in the Analytic Element Method: Ten Challenges.
Dr. O.D.L. Strack, University of Minnesota
AEM Theory 2
- A new look at area sinks.
R. Miller, R. Barnes, University of Minnesota; P. Le Grand, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne - Line elements for leakage.
O.D.L. Strack, University of Minnesota - Exact solution for an elliptical inhomogeneity with a well.
W. Olsen, Dakota County Environmental Management, Minnesota
Transport
- Hysteresis in the sorption and desorption of radionuclides: Experimental data, analytical and numerical description.
V. Rumynin, Institute for Environmental Geology, St. Petersburg State University, Russia - Detailed model of transport of pollutants from contaminated silt at the bottom of a surface water in a regional model including calibration on hydro-chemically determined traveltimes.
W. de Lange, K. van Vliet, RIZA, the Netherlands - Advective Mixing.
I. Jankovic, R. Barnes, University of Minnesota; D. Steward, Kansas State University
Leakage
- Steady drawdown due to a well in a multiple aquifer system near a fault.
K. Maas, Delft University of Technology - One-dimensional multi-layer analytic element model using matrix functions, with applications.
T. Olsthoorn, Amsterdam Water Supply - Distribution and jumps in leakage and leakage gradient.
O.D.L. Strack, University of Minnesota - Modeling wells in multi-layer and multi-aquifer systems.
M. Bakker, University of Nebraska
3D Modeling
- Analytic modelling of complex wells.
P. Egberts, P. Fokker, Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - Gaining and Losing Sections of Horizontal Wells.
W. Jin, D. Steward, Kansas State University - 3D wedge with a well.
G. Bruggeman, retired
Object Oriented AEM
- The Java Analytic Element Model: designing and implementing an object-oriented AEM code implementation.
M. Bakker, University of Nebraska; V. Kelson, South Florida Water Management District - Key design elements in an object oriented approach to programming analytic elements; suggestions based on programming experience with MLAEM.
O.E. Strack, Delft University of Technology
Posters
- GFLOW.
H. Haitjema, Indiana University - Philip's cavity in unsaturated conditions: three flow regimes.
A. Kacimov, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman - Working with WhAEM: analytic element modeling as if people mattered.
S. Kraemer, U.S. EPA; V. Kelson, South Florida Water Management District; H. Haitjema, Indiana University - Legendre functions for 2D groundwater flow modelling.
P. Le Grand, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne - A Capture Zone Analysis for Valparaiso, IN: WhAEM vs. MODFLOW.
K. Luther, Valparaiso University, Indiana - Dealing with partial penetration in a classic analytic or numerical model using a very detailed finite-difference model for axially symmetric flow.
J. Moorman, Amsterdam Water Supply, the Netherlands - Determination of a 3-dimensional capture zone about a partially penetrating well – a simple analytic tool.
B. Power, Natural Resource Engineering Company - Use of the Metropolitan Area Groundwater Model as a groundwater management tool in the Twin Cities area.
J. Seaberg, A. Streitz, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; D. Hansen, University of Minnesota