User Manual

This comprehensive user manual provides detailed instructions for using MINEDW, from basic interface navigation to advanced modeling techniques.

• Introduction
  • Mining Hydrogeology Challenges
  • The Need for Advanced Modeling
  • Development of MINEDW
  • Acknowledgments
• Features of MINEDW
  • Modeling Capabilities
  • Visualizations
  • Geotechnical Integration
  • Boundary Conditions
  • Surface Water Interactions
  • Mining-Specific Operations
• MINEDW Interface
  • Main Menu
  • Toolbar
  • Workspace Configuration
  • Tools Area
  • Plotting
• Importing Data Sets
  • Backward Compatibility
• Mesh Generator
  • Creating a Mesh
  • The Mesh Components
  • Exporting a Completed Mesh
  • The Rhino “Drop” Command
• Nodes and Elements
  • Selecting Elements
  • Selecting Nodes
• Model Input Data
  • Project Definition
  • Model Geometry
  • Zone Properties – Hydraulic Parameters
  • Initial Conditions
• Boundary Conditions
  • Time-Series Data
  • Constant Head
  • Variable Flux
  • Pumping Well
  • Rivers
  • Recharge
  • Evaporation
• Mining Plan
  • Mining Plan Components
  • Creating a Mining Plan
  • Open Pit Operations
  • Underground Mining
• Model Execution
  • Validate
  • Create Data Set
  • Execute
• Model Output
  • Read Results and Export Results as Text File
  • Observations
  • Hydrograph
  • Particle Tracking
  • Section Flux
  • Seepage Component to Pit
  • Pit Node Elevation and Water Table
  • Export Results
  • Visualizing the Results
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Units of Measurement
  • Hydrogeological Parameters
  • Technical Terms
  • File Extensions
  • Software and Organizations
• MINEDW Example Projects
  • SS Demo
  • TR Demo
• References