Course: Physical phenomena in geosciences

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Course title Physical phenomena in geosciences
Course code NTI/FJG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hokr Milan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Šembera Jan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Balvín Aleš, Ing.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Porous media flow (REV concept, Darcy's law, balance equation) 2. Solute transport in porous media (advection, diffusion, hydrodynamic dispersion) 3. Flow in unsaturated porous media 4. Multiphase flow (in reservoir engineering application) 5. Heat conduction and stress-deformation field in rock materials, strength criteria 6. Examples of coupled phenomena (variable-density flow, poroelasticity) 7. Methods for discontinuity representation (fractures), effect on flow and mechanics 8-9. Equilibrium and kinetic processes, options of concentration expression of species in solution, sorption and mineral precipitation, mathematical expression of phenomena 10. Principles and methods of quantities measurement, sensors for specific phenomena and field conditions 11-12. Numerical solution of flow and transport problems 13. Numerical solution of equilibrium reaction processes 14. Numerical solution of kinetic processes and of their combinations with equilibrium Tutorials: 5 blocks - engineering solution of model problems (analytical solutions), 5 blocks - calculations in simulation software, 2 blocks - practice with measuring equipment, 2 blocks - field excursion (measurement examples etc.)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
  • Fieldtrips - 4 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 18 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim within the study programme is to introduce physical phenomena and their applications in natural environment, in connection to other technological-oriented courses. Topic with practical application in society are included - water resources, environment contamination, mining. The course contains both explanation of phenomena and procedures for solution in practice as measurement methods and model calculations. It provides a background for offered topics of diploma theses resulting from research at the university.
Basics for use of obtain knowledge in the programme (theoretical mathematical-physical, technologies, and computer simulations) in non-industrial applications. The graduate will be able to cooperate with experts like hydrogeologists or geotechnicians on solution of practical problems with modern tools.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Requirements for getting a credit are activity at the tutorials and successful passing of the tests. Examination is in written and oral form.
Recommended literature
  • Cízlerová, Vogel:. Transportní procesy, skriptum.. ČVUT Praha, 1998.
  • Pačes, T. Úvod do hydrogeochemie. Praha-Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7372-748-2.
  • Strangeways I. Measuring the Natural Environment. Cambridge, 2003.
  • Verruijt A. Soil Mechanics. VSSD, 2012.
  • Zedek L. Modelování transportně-chemických procesů, dizertační práce. 2014.
  • Zeman J. Základy geochemického modelování. MS PřF MU, Brno, 2010.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Interdisciplinary Studies Study plan (Version): Applied Sciences in Engineering (2016) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter