SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Hydrological Services

Project Briefs

	Particle trajectories in a fracture channel exhibiting fractal surfaces. Contours represent flow field. Windows Media | QuickTime
	Particle (black dots) trajectories in a synthetic microflow device with inline obstacles (white rectangles). Particle attachment on inline obstacles is active. Contours represent flow field. Windows Media | QuickTime
	Particle (small black dots) trajectories in a fractured porous medium. Particle attachment on grains (large white dots) is active. Contours represent flow field. Windows Media | Quicktime

Project briefs for hydrological services at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) include:
 

• Development of a Three-Dimensional MODFLOW Flow Model for Yucca Mountain, Nevada

• Integration of GIS-Based Geologic Framework Models with Groundwater Flow Models

• Integration of GIS and Watershed Modeling of Runoff and Infiltration

• Modeling Steam Injection/Vapor Extraction of Contaminated Groundwater and Soils

• Development of an Efficient Mass and Energy Coupled Transport Simulator for the Vadose Zone

• Trace Metal Transport from an Archeological Site in Akrotiri, Greece, As a Natural Analog for Radionuclide Transport from a Geological Repository

• Development of a Two-Dimensional Saturated Zone Flow and Transport Model for Yucca Mountain, Nevada

• Development of Enhanced 3D Simulation Capability for Analyzing Migration of Colloids in Complex Flow Domains
   

Particle trajectories in a channel with staggered obstacles. Contours represent flow field. Windows Media | QuickTime

For more information about saturated zone, unsaturated zone, and surface hydrological services and project briefs at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Dr. Gary Walter at gwalter@swri.org or (210) 522-3805, or Dr. Robert Lenhard at rlenhard@swri.org or (210) 522-6418.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

December 16, 2008