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What can FEFLOW do? - Finite Element Subsurface Flow and Transport Simulation System |
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What can FEFLOW do? - Finite Element Subsurface Flow and Transport Simulation System
FEFLOW handles a broad variety of physical processes for subsurface flow and transport modeling:
- General
Transient conditions
Steady-state conditions
- Flow modeling:
Darcy flow in porous media
Variably saturated flow
Free surface (phreatic) flow
Variable-density flow
Fracture flow
| | - Boundary conditions and material properties:
Time-constant or transient boundary conditions
Time-constant or transient constraints for boundary conditions
Time-constant or transient material data distributions
| - Mass-transport modeling:
Advection-dispersion solute transport
Single-species solute transport
Multi-species solute transport
Sorption
Saltwater intrusion
Double or multidiffusive convection
Free, forced, and mixed convection
Fracture mass transport
| | - Mathematical qualities:
Finite-element method (FEM)
Discrete feature elements (fractures)
Adaptive time stepping
Adaptive mesh refinement
Fast and stable solvers for large problems
Parallel computing
| - Heat transport modeling:
Advection-conduction heat transport
Free, forced and mixed convection
Fracture heat transport
Thermohaline convection
| | - Dimensions:
3D 2D horizontal plane
2D vertical plane
2D axisymmetric (meridional) plane
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Groundwater 
