Registering GMS Related Components with FRAMES Groundwater Modeling System RT3D and MT3DMS

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Registering GMS RelatedComponents with
FRAMESGroundwater Modeling SystemRT3D and
MT3DMS

• FRAMES-2.0 Workshop
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Bethesda, Maryland
• November 15-16, 2007
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Richland, Washington

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Discussion Topics(if not registered already)

• Register the Default Domain
• Register the GMS Import Tool
• Select a GMS Project File
• Review the GMS Import Tool User Interface
• Register a GMS Model
• Manage GMS and FRAMES Files
• Convert Time-Varying Point Values to Step
  Functions
• Review the FRAMES-based GMS User Interface

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Register the Default Domain
Once FRAMES 2.0 is installed on the host
computer, the user runs the Framework Development
Environment executable (FDE.exe). The first time
the FDE is run, the user will be asked to select
the default Domain, which defines the user
interface associated with the Simulation Editor
that greets the user when one first enters the
system. Usually, the Environmental Domain is
chosen
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Register the GMS Import Tool
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Select a GMS Project File (pre-calibrated RT3D or
MT3DMS model)

1. Under the Tools menu, choose GMSImport
2. Browse for the location of the Calibrated GMS
   Project File (.gpr file). The user originally
   stored the file, so the user knows where it is
   located.

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GMS Import Tool User Interface
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• GMS Importer
• GMS chemical names mapped to FRAMES chemical
  names
• GMS Project File name and location being imported
• YELLOW FRAMES User Identifiable Module Name and
  GMS Output File
• BLUE GMS input parameters that user is allowed
  to modify
• GREEN GMS output to FRAMES

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Choice between OBS and CON files OBS Model
produces output at one specified point CON
Model produces output at all points
Location from where the gpr file is imported.
The user-defined ChrisObs is the prefix name to
the mod, dic, bat, and txt files, as well as the
folder name.
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Chemical Name in GMS FRAMES
Name of GMS model under Aquifer Icon
Explains what it means if you choose yes versus
no.
User gets to alias GMS chemicals with FRAMES
chemical list, so all models know what is
referred to.
Tells the user the spatial extent of the source
term contamination is contained within Rows 10
through 19, Columns 32 through 66, and within
Layer 1. This is useful when trying to decide on
output locations.
Ensures proper unit conversions between FRAMES
and GMS models.
Provides the total number of Rows, Columns, and
Layers in the grid.
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Register the GMS Model
The first time the GMS Import tool encounters a
gpr file containing a model name that has not
been registered, following use of the Build
Module button, it will ask the user to browse the
host system and identify the directory that
contains the executable for the model of interest
(i.e., RT3D.exe or MT3DMS4.exe). In this
particular example, the dialog is prompting the
user to identify the directory containing the
RT3D model executable. Note that the dialog
title indicates which model executable is being
sought.
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Managing GMS and FRAMES Files
? Captures files associated with the GMS Import
tool and GMS run, and stores in GMS folder. ?
B25_T_ is the gpr prefix, and the user-defined
ChrisObs is the mod, dic, bat, and txt prefix,
as well as the folder name.
Same Name
Captures files associated with the FRAMES
simulation, and stores in Simulations folder.
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Converting Time-VaryingPoint Values to Step
Functions
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RT3D conversion of point values to input step
functions for time-varying input extending the
first point.
FRAMES conversion of point values to input step
functions for time-varying input average of two
points.
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Concentration
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Stress Period 1
Stress Period 2
Stress Period 3
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Time
Stress Period 4
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Location of Simulation (.sim) file
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General Info
The imported GMS case is automatically placed
under the Aquifer icon.
Under Model Description, the user can find the
folder location where the gpr file is archived.
Model name, corresponding to GMS Project File
and name provided by the user in the GMS Import
Tool.
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User Input User Interface OBS File Option for
Signifying the GMS Output Location
OBS File Option requirements ? Location of
Output Results ? Duration of Simulation
(tfinal) ? No control over of output points
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Illustrative Examples of a Different tfinal
(a) tfinal 500 yrs (b) Tfinal 4 yrs
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User Input User Interface Con File Option for
Signifying the GMS Output Location