{"id":118,"date":"2020-11-15T00:22:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T00:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/geologic-frameworks-for-groundwater-flow-models\/?post_type=chapter&p=118"},"modified":"2020-11-15T02:25:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T02:25:15","slug":"exercises","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/geologic-frameworks-for-groundwater-flow-models\/chapter\/exercises\/","title":{"raw":"12 Exercises","rendered":"12 Exercises"},"content":{"raw":"One method to analyze soil and rock cores collected during drilling is to measure hydraulic properties of small centimeter-sized samples removed from the larger core (\u201ccore plugs\u201d) in a laboratory. Before the results can be used for flow simulations, calculations of bulk properties are required.\r\n\r\nConsider the following core collected from a deposit of layered silt and sand. The core is 1.22 meters long, and oriented vertically. Hydraulic conductivity was calculated for five core plugs:\r\n\r\n\"Figure\r\n

<\/a>Exercise 1<\/h1>\r\nIf only the flow of groundwater through the sand is significant, what is the net\/gross ratio of this core?\r\n

Click here for solution to exercise 1<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Exercise 2<\/h1>\r\nWhat are the calculated bulk vertical and horizontal hydraulic conductivities of the representative volume?\r\n

Click here for solution to exercise 2<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

<\/a>Exercise 3<\/h1>\r\nWhat else would you need before using the calculated bulk hydraulic properties for a flow model?\r\n

Click here for solution to exercise 3<\/a><\/p>","rendered":"

One method to analyze soil and rock cores collected during drilling is to measure hydraulic properties of small centimeter-sized samples removed from the larger core (\u201ccore plugs\u201d) in a laboratory. Before the results can be used for flow simulations, calculations of bulk properties are required.<\/p>\n

Consider the following core collected from a deposit of layered silt and sand. The core is 1.22 meters long, and oriented vertically. Hydraulic conductivity was calculated for five core plugs:<\/p>\n

\"Figure<\/p>\n

<\/a>Exercise 1<\/h1>\n

If only the flow of groundwater through the sand is significant, what is the net\/gross ratio of this core?<\/p>\n

Click here for solution to exercise 1<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Exercise 2<\/h1>\n

What are the calculated bulk vertical and horizontal hydraulic conductivities of the representative volume?<\/p>\n

Click here for solution to exercise 2<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Exercise 3<\/h1>\n

What else would you need before using the calculated bulk hydraulic properties for a flow model?<\/p>\n

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