Groundwater Hydraulics
| Title | Υπόγειες Ροές / Groundwater Hydraulics |
| Code | 08EC062 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Rural and Surveying Engineering |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Pantelis Sidiropoulos |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024652 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Agronómōn kai Topográfōn Mīchanikṓn (2025-sīmera)
Registered students: 3
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geospatial Surveying | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Earth Observation using Geodetic Methods | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Construction Surveying | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Cadastre and Land Management | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Cartography and Geographical Analysis | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Planning and Management of Transportation Infrastructure and Systems | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Water Resources, Environment and Engineering Works | YPOCΗREŌTIKO EPILOGĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600255095
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600255095
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=16148
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Engineering Hydrology
Numerical Analysis
Applications of Mathematics
Mathematics
Learning Outcomes
The course helps students to develop their technical and intellectual ability preparing them for the engineering profession and for postgraduate studies.
The course introduces students to the topic of flow in a saturated porous media and to computational techniques of Subsurface Hydraulics/Hydrology used in the professional practice of Civil Engineering.
At the end of the course students should have:
- Understand flow in a saturated porous medium/soil
- Understand the theoretical background of flow in a saturated porous media/soil
- Familiarity with the properties of soils, particularly those related to water and its movement in saturated soil
- Ability to apply Darcy's Law to subsurface flow problems
- Ability to apply mathematical simulations of froundwater flow.
- Ability to calculate free surface flows and flows in pressurised aquifers
- Ability to calculate permanent and non-permanent flow in wells and well systems
Upon completion of the course, the student will manage complex work plans and be able to make decisions on the design of hydro-engineering projects for groundwater resource management.
After completing the course, the student will be able to manage complex work plans and be able to make decisions for the design of hydrotechnical groundwater resources management projects.
He/she is also able to work individually and in teams when designing hydrotechnical projects.
In particular, students will be able to
- dimension/design/evaluate groundwater hydraulic engineering projects
- synthesise and propose optimal or new solutions based on the above consideration.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
A/A teaching week Contents of the course
1 - Introduction. The subject of Underground Hydraulics. Groundwater and its importance in water resources management. - Aquifers and classification of aquifers. Examples
2 - Characteristics and parameters of soils and groundwater aquifers. Permeability coefficient, physical permeability. Measurement of permeability. Inhomogeneity and anisotropy. - Darcy's Law - scope. Dupuit's assumption. Examples
3. The mathematical problem of underground flow. The equation of continuity. The flow equations in underground aquifers. Initial and boundary conditions. Flow and potential line networks.
4. Analog and physical models. Analytical methods of solving the mathematical model of groundwater flow. Examples.
5 - Flow equation in free-surface aquifers. Boussinesq equation. Examples. - Flow equation in pressurized aquifers. Examples.
6. Permanent flow to a ditch: a) pressurized aquifer, b) free-surface aquifer. Examples.
7. Permanent flow to a ditch: a) pressurized aquifer, b) free-surface aquifer. Examples.
8. Permanent flow to a well: a) pressurized aquifer, b) free surface aquifer. Examples.
9. Permanent flow to well: a) pressurized aquifer, b) free surface aquifer. Examples.
10. Well systems. The method of pictures. Examples.
11. Numerical models of groundwater aquifers. Finite difference method. Method of finite elements. Method of boundary elements.
12 - Time-varying (non-permanent) flow. The test pumping technique. Determination of hydrogeological parameters. Theis and Jacob methods. Examples. - The intubation effect and the critical gradient of the hydraulic load. Examples.
13 - Time-varying (non-permanent) flow. The test pumping technique. Determination of hydrogeological parameters. Theis and Jacob methods.Examples. - The intubation effect and the critical gradient of the hydraulic load. Examples.
Keywords
Saturated flow, Darcy, Dupuit, Free surface and pressurized aquifer, Permanent and non-Permanent flow, Wells, Boussinesq, Theis και Jacob
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
Slides and videos, photographic material for teaching the course
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 83 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 125 |
Student Assessment
Description
100% Examination: Open books and notes. No audiovisual media. Short answer questions and problem solving/exercises in underground hydraulics.
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Λατινόπουλος, Π. «Υδραυλική των Υπόγειων Ροών», Εκδ. ΧΑΡΙΣ Μ.Ε.Π.Ε., σελ. 240, 2006. ISBN: 978-960-98154-5-1. [Προτεινόμενο σύγγραμμα: Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 6861].
Τολίκας, Δ. «Υπόγεια Υδραυλική», Εκδ. Επίκεντρο, σελ. 240, 2005. ISBN: 978-960-88731-7-9. [Προτεινόμενο σύγγραμμα: Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 15196]
Additional bibliography for study
1) Βουδούρης, Κ. «Τεχνική Υδρογεωλογία-Υπόγεια Νερά», Εκδ. Τζιόλα, σελ. 448, 2014. ISBN: 978-960-418-407-1.
2) Bear, J., “Hydraulics of Groundwater” McGraw-Hill, 1979.
3) Toth, J., “Gravitational Systems of Groundwater Flow - Theory, Evaluation, Utilization”, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
4) Todd, K. D. and Mays, L.W. “Groundwater Hydrology”, Third Edition, Wiley, 2005
5) Mays, L.W. “Ground and Surface Water Hydrology”, Wiley 2012.
Last Update
17-01-2025
