18 jun 2008 16:00
Onderdeel:
Wageningen Universiteit
Locatie:
Aula, gebouw 362, Gen. Foulkesweg 1, Wageningen
Organisatie:
Wageningen universiteit
Promotor:
prof.dr. P.A. Troch (Hydrologie en kwantitatief waterbeheer)
Co-Promotor:
Prof.dr.ir. R. Uijlenhoet (Promotor), Drs. P.J.J.F. Torfs
This thesis focuses on hillslope subsurface flow as a dominant control on the hydrological processes defining the catchment response to rainfall. Due to the difficulties associated with the three-dimensional equations, both in complexity and regarding the computational demand, focus is on 1D physically-based hillslope groundwater flow models. The main core of this research is to study how the simulated hillslope response, and specifically runoff generation, is affected by different simplifying assumptions concerning hillslope geometry and boundary conditions.
In summary, this thesis aims to understand theoretically how hydrological processes (subsurface flow and water table dynamics) react to bedrock complexity and the hillslope lower boundary condition. The presented numerical scheme can be applied in many investigations of hillslope hydrology because of its generality and flexibility.