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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/aer.2016.5.4.263

Development a numerical model of flow and contaminant transport in layered soils  

Ahmadi, Hossein (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran)
Namin, Masoud M. (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran)
Kilanehei, Fouad (Department of Civil Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University)
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Advances in environmental research / v.5, no.4, 2016 , pp. 263-282 More about this Journal
Abstract
Contaminant transport in groundwater induces major threat and harmful effect on the environment; hence, the fate of the contaminant migration in groundwater is seeking a lot of attention. In this paper a two dimensional numerical flow and transport model through saturated layered soil is developed. Groundwater flow and solute transport has been simulated numerically using proposed model. The model implements the finite volume time splitting method to discretize the main equations. The performance, accuracy and efficiency of the out coming numerical models have been successfully examined by two test cases. The verification test cases consist of two-dimensional, groundwater flow and solute transport. The final purpose of this paper is to discuss and compare the shape of contaminant plume in homogeneous and heterogeneous media with different soil properties and control of solute transport using a zone for minimizing the potential of groundwater contamination; furthermore, this model leads to select the effective and optimum remedial strategies for cleaning the contaminated aquifers.
Keywords
groundwater flow; solute transport; finite volume method; time splitting method; layered soils;
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