US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Investigation of Groundwater Flow Heterogeneity in Fractured Aquifers Using Stochastic Modeling, A Case Study of Fractured Limestone in Sinai

美国-埃及合作研究：利用随机模型研究裂隙含水层地下水流非均质性，以西奈半岛裂隙石灰岩为例

• 批准号: 0801424
• 负责人: Dongxiao Zhang
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-16 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0801424&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Egypt; Cooperative; Research; Investigation

0511496ZhangDescription: This project supports a collaborative research between Dr. Dongxiao Zhang, Department of Petroleum and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman and Dr. Mahmoud Bakr, National Water Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. They plan to investigate groundwater flow heterogeneity in fractured aquifers using stochastic modeling techniques with a case study of fractured limestone in Sinai.Intellectual Merits: The main focus of the work is to investigate how our conceptualization of the fractured limestone can be improved through an integrated fieldwork and modeling program. Detailed studies of flow properties using fracture analyses, pumping and tracer techniques and geophysics will be used to develop a revised model of groundwater flow in fractured limestone. The fieldwork will be taken in phased manner, thereby allowing the modeling program to directly interact with and provide direction on the planning and interpretation of the field experiments. Thus, the whole program development will be undertaken in an iterative manner.Broader Impacts: The project will support graduate students and junior scientists in both countries. New experiments will be developed in the field site run by Egypt NWRC and it is very likely that the new experiment sites will enhance infrastructure for research and education. The research will result in publications in refereed journals. The results can be used for water resource management in the arid environment of Egypt. The two teams will build up their experience jointly through the collaboration, where the US team will utilize the field data obtained by Egyptian team, while the latter will use the numerical and theoretical expertise of the former. Two US graduate students will participate in the research project. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.

0511496 Zhang描述：该项目支持俄克拉荷马州石油和地质工程系张东晓博士和埃及开罗国家水研究中心Mahmoud Bakr博士之间的合作研究。 他们计划调查地下水流的不均匀性，在裂隙含水层使用随机建模技术与案例研究的裂缝石灰岩在Sinai.Intellectual优点：工作的主要重点是研究如何我们的概念化的裂缝石灰岩可以通过一个综合的实地考察和建模程序得到改善。将利用裂隙分析、抽水和示踪技术以及水文物理学对流动特性进行详细研究，以建立裂隙石灰岩地下水流动的修正模型。现场工作将分阶段进行，从而使建模程序能够直接与现场实验的规划和解释进行交互并提供指导。因此，整个项目的开发将以迭代的方式进行。更广泛的影响：该项目将支持两国的研究生和初级科学家。埃及西北研究中心将在实地开展新的实验，新的实验地点很可能会加强研究和教育的基础设施。研究结果将在参考期刊上发表。研究结果可用于埃及干旱环境下的水资源管理。这两个团队将通过合作共同积累经验，美国团队将利用埃及团队获得的现场数据，而后者将利用前者的数值和理论专业知识。两名美国研究生将参与该研究项目。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金方案的支持，该方案向两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以开展这些合作活动。