Information Package / Course Catalogue
Porous Zone Hydraulics
Course Code: ZTY613
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Teaching the flow of water in porous media

Course Content

Teaching the flow of water in porous media

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Relations between the groundwater and geology
2.The flow of water in porous media
3.The physical and hdraulic properties of aquifers
4.Steady and unstady flow in aquifers and regional groundwater flow
5.underground investigation techniques and engineering works related to groundwater resources
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Flow and Transport in Fractured Porous Media Peter Dietrich, Rainer Helmig, Martin Sauter, and Heinz Hötzl
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Specification of porous media and liquids
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Statics of fluids in porous media, physical and mathematical theory of the flow
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Steady and unsteady laminar flow of liquids
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Solution of the initial and boundary value problems
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Solution of the initial and boundary value problems
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Pressurized flow and Dupuit assumptions
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Groundwater flow
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Groundwater flow MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Groundwater storage and data
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Discovery of groundwater
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Well hydraulics and pumping tests
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Analysis of flow network
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Groundwater level and changes, salty water intrusion
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Plant-water relations in porous media
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Practice Examination1%5
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Practice Examination130232
Midterm Examination136238
Final Examination144246
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
OÇ-2
5
5
4
2
4
5
2
3
OÇ-3
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-4
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026