What does model look like?

What is the model of a groundwater flow (hydraulic model)? Generally speaking, models are a simplified functional representation of a real physical system. As regards hydraulic models, the definition could be refined to read that a hydraulic model is a general simplified functional representation of a real hydrogeological system that is used to analyse the… Read more: What is the model of a groundwater flow (hydraulic model)?

What do the hydraulic model documents look like? The documents should incorporate the description of a: CONCEPTUAL MODEL: definition and geometrisation of model layers, outlined hydraulic parameters of model layers, description of the model boundary conditions, description of sources and faults within the model domain, definition of calibration target values. MATHEMATICAL MODEL ITSELF, INCLUDING ITS… Read more: What do the hydraulic model documents look like?

What are the inputs of the hydraulic model? The first and the most important input is an accurate definition of the issue that is to be the subject of modelling. All following steps draw upon this initial analysis, from the spatial and time determination of the model domain, through the requirements for the input data,… Read more: What are the inputs of the hydraulic model?

What are the outputs of the hydraulic model? THE MOST IMPORTANT HYDRAULIC MODEL OUTPUTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: documentation of final values of the model parameters, calibration error of the model, water balance of the model, resultant flow pattern, presentation of results of the simulations carried out.