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Title: Subsurface Flow and Contaminant Transport Documentation and User's Guide

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/9310· OSTI ID:9310

This report documents a finite element code designed to model subsurface flow and contaminant transport, named FACT. FACT is a transient three-dimensional, finite element code designed to simulate isothermal groundwater flow, moisture movement, and solute transport in variably saturated and fully saturated subsurface porous media. The code is designed specifically to handle complex multi-layer and/or heterogeneous aquifer systems in an efficient manner and accommodates a wide range of boundary conditions. Additionally, 1-D and 2-D (in Cartesian coordinates) problems are handled in FACT by simply limiting the number of elements in a particular direction(s) to one. The governing equations in FACT are formulated only in Cartesian coordinates.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI ID:
9310
Report Number(s):
WSRC-TR-95-0223, Rev. 1; TRN: AH200122%%269
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 28 Jul 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English