Modelling of groundwater flow in heterogeneous porous media by finite element method

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Hydrologic and geochemical modeling of a karstic Mediterranean watershed

“…Zhang et al (2011) modified a Distributed Hydrologic-Soil-Vegetation Model (DHSVM) to include flow routing in karst conduits and model the hydrologic response of a small karst basin in southwest China. Other distributed approaches to modeling karst hydrology were presented by Smaoui et al (2012) that used the HySuf-FEM (Hydrodynamic of Subsurface Flow by Finite Element Method) code to model the Berrechid karst aquifer in Morocco as well as Kourtulus and Razack (2010) that used artificial neural network and adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface system to model the daily discharge of the La Rochefoucauld karst aquifer in south-western France.…”

Combination of FEM and CMA‐ES algorithm for transmissivity identification in aquifer systems

“…To solve PDEs of the problem , Smaoui et al () developed a computer code “HySubF‐FEM” based on finite element method (FEM). This method was chosen because of its mesh flexibility and modular implementation aspects.…”

“…Groundwater flow modeling has become in the last decade an indisputable tool to the modern research in groundwater science. Mathematical modelling is very complex and especially in the fractured aquifers capable of transmitting water (Altinörs & Önder, ; Hong, Rosen, & Reeves, ; Smaoui, Zouhri, Ouahsine, & Carlier, ; Zouhri, Smaoui, & Carlier, ). Aquifer systems modelling requires many hydrodynamic parameters such as piezometry, infiltration, recharge, transmissivity, storativity, and specific yield.…”

Modelling of the groundwater flow and of tracer movement in the porous and fissured media: Chalk Aquifer (Northern part of Paris Basin, France)

“…Fretwell et al ., ; Van den Daele et al ., ; Rivett et al ., ) and saturated zone (e.g. Zouhri et al ., , ; Dridi et al ., ; Barns et al ., ; Smaoui et al ., ). Numerous works have been used of numerical solutions in order to investigate scale‐dependent dispersive transport in a uniform flow field (Pickens and Grisak, ; Mishra and Parker, ; Pang and Hunt, ; Dridi et al ., ) and stochastic analysis (Zhang et al ., ).…”