<strong>POLYMIN</strong> 2005 7. PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS AND SOLUTIONS Table 4. Problem Diagnosis: <strong>POLYMIN</strong> Model Problem: Cause: Solution: PCG Matrix solver error message and program termination - Array dimensions are too small for your grid - fault in grid definition or time intervals - increase array dimensions in parameter statement and recompile - check input data file for grid definition, and time interval data solution not converging - time step too large - check tolerance, and maximum iteration limit - decrease time step bandwidth insufficient error - array limits are too small - increase array limits in parameter statement, and recompile I/O error on unit 5 - fault in data file - check all input data lines, line continuation flags (more = +/- 1) 40
<strong>POLYMIN</strong> 2005 8. REFERENCES Aachib, M., M. Aubertin, and M. Mbonimpa, 2002. Laboratory measurements and predictive equations for gas diffusion coefficient <strong>of</strong> unsaturated soils. Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the 55 th Canadian Geotechnical and Joint IAH-CNC and CGS Groundwater Speciality Conferences, Niagara Falls, October 2002, pp. 163-171. Aachib, M., M. Aubertin, and R.P. Chapuis, 1998a, ‘Essais en colonne sur des couvertures avec effets de barrière capillaire’, 51st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, vol. 2, 837-844 (in French). Allison, J.D., D.S. Brown, and K.J. Novo-Gradac, 1991. MINTEQA2/PRODEFA2, a geochemical assessment model for environmental systems: Version 3.0 User's Manual. EPA/600/3-91/021, Environmental Research Laboratory, Office <strong>of</strong> Research and Development, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia 30613, U.S.A. Bain, J., D.W. Blowes, W.D. Robertson, E.O. Frind, Modelling <strong>of</strong> sulfide oxidation with reactive transport at a mine drainage site, Jour. Contam. Hydrol., 41(1-2), 23-47, 2000. Bain, J.G., K.U. Mayer, D.W. Blowes, E.O. Frind, J.W. Molson, R. Kahnt, and U. Jenk, Modeling the closure-related geochemical evolution <strong>of</strong> groundwater at a former uranium mine, Jour. Contam. Hydrol., Vol. 52 (1-4), 109-135, 2001. Blowes, D.W., & C.J. Ptacek, Acid neutralization mechanisms in inactive mine tailings, In: The Environmental Geochemistry <strong>of</strong> Sulfide Mine-Wastes, Short Course Handbook 22 (eds. D.W. Blowes and J.L. Jambor), pp. 271-292, Mineralogical Association <strong>of</strong> Canada, <strong>Waterloo</strong>, Ontario, 1994. Davis, G.B. and A.I.M. Ritchie, A model <strong>of</strong> oxidation in pyritic mine waste: Part 3: Importance <strong>of</strong> particle size distribution. Appl. Math. Model. 11: 417-422, 1987. Elberling, B., R. V. Nicholson, and D. J. David, Field evaluation <strong>of</strong> sulphide oxidation rates, Nordic Hydrology, 24, 323-338, 1993. Fala, O, Étude des écoulements non saturés dans les haldes à stériles à l’aide de simulations numériques, Mémoire de maîtrise (M.Sc.A., unpublished), Génie Minéral, Dépt. CGM, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, 2002. Fala, O., Aubertin, M., Molson, J.W., Bussière, B., Numerical Modelling <strong>of</strong> Flow and Capillary Barrier Effects in Unsaturated Waste Rock Piles, accepted in Mine Water & the Environment, 2005. 41