| Abstract: | This report serves as a user?s guide for two computer models: TopoDrive and ParticleFlow. These two-dimensional models are designed to simulate two ground-water processes: topography-driven flow and advective transport of fluid particles. To simulate topography-driven flow, the user may specify the shape of the water table, which bounds the top of the vertical flow section. To simulate transport of fluid particles, the model domain is a rectangle with overall flow from left to right. In both cases, the flow is under steady state, and the distribution of hydraulic conductivity may be specified by the user. The models compute hydraulic head, ground-water flow paths, and the movement of fluid particles. An interactive visual interface enables the user to easily and quickly explore model behavior, and thereby better understand ground-water flow processes. In this regard, TopoDrive and ParticleFlow are not intended to be comprehensive modeling tools, but are designed for modeling at the exploratory or conceptual level, for visual demonstration, and for educational purposes. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 50424 |
| Citation Author: | Hsieh, Paul A. |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2001-286 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | TopoDrive and ParticleFlow--Two Computer Models for Simulation and Visualization of Ground-Water Flow and Transport of Fluid Particles in Two Dimensions; 2001; OFR; 2001-286; Hsieh, Paul A. |
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| Text: | TopoDrive and ParticleFlow--Two Computer Models for Simulation and Visualization of Ground-Water Flow and Transport of Fluid Particles in Two Dimensions; 2001; OFR; 2001-286; Hsieh, Paul A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/tdpf/ofr01-286.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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