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Numerical Simulation of Solute Transport in Groundwater Flow System Using Random Walk Method

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Geostatistics Valencia 2016

Part of the book series: Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics ((QGAG,volume 19))

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This paper presents the new random walk solute transport model (RWSOLUTE) for solute transport simulation in groundwater flow system. This model is novel in using an efficient particle tracking algorithm. The proposed model is validated against analytical and other reported numerical solutions for chosen test case. The accuracy and stability of the RWSOLUTE model solutions are verified through mass balance error checks and Courant stability criteria. Further the sensitivity of the model solutions is analyzed for varying values of time step size and particle mass.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded, 431 606, India

    Nilkanth H. Kulkarni

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Nagpur, India

    Rajesh Gupta

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  1. Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    J. Jaime Gómez-Hernández

  2. Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri

  3. Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    María Elena Rodrigo-Clavero

  4. Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

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  5. Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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Kulkarni, N.H., Gupta, R. (2017). Numerical Simulation of Solute Transport in Groundwater Flow System Using Random Walk Method. In: Gómez-Hernández, J., Rodrigo-Ilarri, J., Rodrigo-Clavero, M., Cassiraga, E., Vargas-Guzmán, J. (eds) Geostatistics Valencia 2016. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, vol 19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46819-8_56

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