Publications

openKARST: From detailed karst conduit dynamics to simplified hydraulic flow dynamics

Kordilla, J., Dentz, M., Hidalgo, J. · EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-11205

Dispersion on laminar and turbulent network flow

Grundhöfer, T., Dentz, M., Kordilla, J. · EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-1801

Dual-domain modeling of infiltration dynamics in the vadose zone of karst systems using film-flow theory – Investigation of compartment-specific parameter sensitivities and film-flow parameters

Noffz, T., Kordilla, J., Reimann, T., Kavousi, A., Liedl, R., Sauter, M. · EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-17671

Large scale flow and dispersion in heterogeneous karst aquifers under laminar and turbulent flow conditions

Dentz, M., Gouze, P., Hidalgo, J., Kordilla, J. · EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-7383

Revisiting Nitao's Analytical Model with Laboratory Experiments of Partially Saturated Fracture-Matrix Infiltration

Rüdiger, F., Dentz, M., Kordilla, J. · EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-17825

openKARST: Assessing flooding dynamics in karst aquifers with a resolution-aware modeling tool

Kordilla, J., Dentz, M., Hidalgo, J.J. · Geo4Göttingen 2025

Dispersion in heterogeneous networks under linear and non-linear flow conditions

Dentz, M., Kordilla, J., Hidalgo, J. · EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-10971

Assessing Storage Potential in a Mediterranean Karst Aquifer: A Vadose-Phreatic Modeling Approach for Managed Aquifer Recharge

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J., Livshitz, Y., Sauter, M. · 29th FH-DGGV Conference, Aachen, Germany, 20–23 Mar 2024, poster, abstract ID 299.

Optimizing Water Storage in a Mediterranean Karst Aquifer: A Comprehensive Vadose and Phreatic Modeling Approach

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J., Livshitz, Y., Sauter, M. · EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-9697

Integrated and process-based modeling of flow and transport in multi-compartment karst systems with thick vadose zones

Noffz, T., Kordilla, J., Kavousi, A., Reimann, T., Liedl, R., Sauter, M. · EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-7502

Impact of climate change and groundwater consumption scenarios on a major transboundary karst water resource – The Western Mountain Aquifer in Israel and the West Bank

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J., Engelhardt, I., Livshitz, Y., Sauter, M. · EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-8221

Laboratory and field studies of preferential flow dynamics in unsaturated fractured porous media

Rüdiger, F., Bartsch, K., Nimmo, J.R., Kordilla, J. · EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-9711

Predicting preferential flow and water table fluctuations in karst systems using film-flow theory and source-responsive models

Noffz, T., Kordilla, J., Kavousi, A., Reimann, T., Sauter, M., Liedl, R. · EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14723

Flow partitioning in partially saturated fracture networks: Relation between dispersive properties and internal fracture geometry

Kordilla, J., Dentz, M., Tartakovsky, A.M. · EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-12255

Toward more realistic representation of discrete conduit features in discrete-continuum flow and transport models of karst systems

Kavousi, A., Reimann, T., Wöhling, T., Birk, S., Luhmann, A.J., Kordilla, J., Noffz, T., Sauter, M., Liedl, R. · Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 53(6), Paper 72-3

Simulating Climate Change Impacts on the Recharge Dynamics of a Mediterranean Karst Aquifer

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J., Thoenes, E., Würsch, T., Engelhardt, I., Sauter, M. · EGU General Assembly 2020, online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-17009

Investigating preferential flow dynamics in idealized porous fracture networks via (quasi) 2-D lab experiments – Controls of fracture and matrix properties on flow behavior

Rüdiger, F., Fehnker, H., Nimmo, J.R., Kordilla, J. · EGU General Assembly 2020, online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-21318

Analogue laboratory experiments of preferential flow dynamics in porous fractured media: Importance of fracture intersections and porous matrix imbibition processes

Noffz, T., Rüdiger, F., Dentz, M., Kordilla, J. · EGU General Assembly 2020, online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-22593

Characterization of karst systems bei joint inversion of spring flow and transport signatures from a spatiotemporally small-scale controlled test

Kavousi, A., Reimann, T., Liedl, R., Wöhling, T., Luhmann, A.J., Sauter, M., Kordilla, J., Noffz, T. · GSA 2020, October 29, Talk.

Partitioning of preferential flows in fracture networks: Smoothed Particle Dynamics simulations and analytical modeling of infiltration dynamics

Kordilla, J., Dentz, M., Tartakovsky, A.M. · EGU General Assembly 2020, online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-22595

Parallelized fully-coupled multi-scale Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics model for gravity-driven infiltration processes in the vadose zone of fractured and porous-fractured media

Shigorina, E., Tartakovsky, A.M., Sauter, M., Kordilla, J. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 21, EGU2019-13740.

Simulation of infiltration and groundwater recharge dynamics: from catchment-scale modeling to pore-scale (multi-scale) smoothed particle hydrodynamics

Kordilla, J. · Institute of Applied Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, Germany, March 28. Invited talk.

Preferential flow dynamics in porous-fractured media: Infiltration and recharge dynamics from catchment- to porescale

Kordilla, J. · Dept. Géosciences Rennes, Université de Rennes, France, February 14. Invited talk.

Investigation of the impact of changed precipitation patterns on groundwater recharge processes in a semi-arid carbonate aquifer by an integrated surface-subsurface, multi-continuum model

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J., Sauter, M., Engelhardt, I. · Proceedings of IAH2019: Groundwater Management and Governance: Coping with Uncertainty, Málaga, Spain, 22–27 Sep 2019, 588.

Infiltration and groundwater recharge dynamics in unsaturated fractured rocks: from pore-scale (multi-scale) smoothed particle hydrodynamics modeling to catchment response simulations

Kordilla, J., Shigorina, E., Noffz, T., Bresinsky, L., Dentz, M., Tartakovsky, A.M., Sauter, M. · Proceedings of IAH2019: Groundwater Management and Governance: Coping with Uncertainty, Málaga, Spain, 22–27 Sep 2019, 362.

Experimental Study and Analytical Modeling of Preferential Flow and Partitioning Dynamics at Unsaturated Fracture Intersections

Noffz, T., Dentz, M., Kordilla, J. · AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington D.C., USA, December 10-14. Poster

Investigation of gravity-driven infiltration instabilities in smooth and rough fractures using a massively parallel smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model

Shigorina, E., Tartakovsky A.M., Kordilla, J. · AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington D.C., USA, December 10-14. Poster.

Quantification of groundwater recharge to a semi-arid Mediterranean karst aquifer via high-performance modeling of fully-integrated surface-subsurface, multi-continuum flow dynamics

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J., Sauter, M. · AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington D.C., USA, December 10-14. Poster.

Three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics modeling of preferential flow dynamics at fracture intersections on a high-performance computing platform

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-12691.

Effects of fault systems on unsaturated and saturated flow dynamics in karst aquifers

Veltri, M., Terrell, A., Kordilla, J., Schmidt, S., Sauter, M. · FHDGG Meeting, Bochum, Germany, March 21-24. Poster.

Three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics modeling of preferential flow dynamics at fracture intersections on a high-performance computing platform

Bresinsky, L., Kordilla, J. · AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA, December 11-15. Poster,

Preferential flow paths in a karstified spring catchment: A study of fault zones as conduits to rapid groundwater flow

Terrell, A., Veltri, M., Sauter, M., Schmidt, S., Kordilla, J. · AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA, December 11-15. Poster.

Flow mode dependent partitioning processes of preferential flow dynamics in unsaturated fractures – findings from analogue percolation experiments

Noffz, T., Dentz, M., Sauter, M., Kordilla, J. · AGU Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, USA, December 11-15. Poster.

Modeling of aquifers on basin and sub-basinal level: Distributive numerical models for fractured porous aquifers

Kordilla, J. · Consultation on Climate Adapation Services for Water, Food and Services, Pune, India, April 20-21, Invited Talk.

Partitioning dynamics of gravity-driven preferential flow in unsaturated fractures: Laboratory study and three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations

Kordilla, J., Noffz, T., Dentz, M., Tartakovsky, A.M. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, EGU2017-11919.

Simulation of sessile and transient droplets and complex flow dynamics on rough hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces using a parallelized Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics model

Shigorina, E., Kordilla, J., Tartakovsky, A.M. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, EGU2017-12096.

Free-surface flow dynamics and its effect on travel time distribution in unsaturated fractured zones – findings from analogue percolation experiments

Noffz, T., Kordilla, J., Dentz, M., Sauter, M. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, EGU2017-16498-3.

Investigations of flow mode distributions on rough fracture surfaces using a parallelized Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) model

Shigorina, E., Kordilla, J., Geyer, T., Pan, W., Tartakovsky, A.M · AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, USA, December 14-18. Talk.

Approaches for modeling of flow and transport in unsaturated fractured aquifers: From catchment to pore scale

Kordilla, J., Tartakovsky, A.M., Pan W., Geyer, T., Sauter, M. · KG@BN -International Conference on Groundwater in Karst, Birmingham, UK, June 22-26. Talk.

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics model for stochastic Navier-Stokes and advection-diffusion equations

Kordilla, J., Pan W., Tartakovsky A.M. · 10th SPHERIC 2015, Parma, Italy, June 16-18. Talk.

Georeservoire: Ressourcen und Energiespeicherung

Sauter, M., Tatomir, A., Kordilla, J., Maier, U. · Simulationswissenschaftliches Zentrum Clausthal, Clausthal, Germany, October 16. Talk.

Flow and transport in saturated and unsaturated fractured porous media: Development of particle-based modeling approaches, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research – CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, July 24

Kordilla, J., Tartakovsky, A.M., Pan W., Geyer, T., Sauter, M. · Invited talk.

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics model for stochastic Navier-Stokes and advection-diffusion equations

Kordilla, J., Pan W., Tartakovsky A.M. · Computational Methods in Water Resources 2014, Stuttgart, Germany, June 10-13. Talk.

Simulation of film and droplet flow on smooth and rough wide aperture fractures using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Kordilla, J., Tartakovsky, A.M., Geyer, T. · SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Padova, Padova, Italy, June 17-20. Talk.

SPH model for droplet flow in a fracture

Tartakovsky, A.M., Kordilla, J., Geyer, T. · InterPore@Purdue 2012, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, May 14-16. Abstract.

Hydraulic characterisation of carbonate aquifers with pumping tests – comparison of analytical and numerical data evaluation methods

Baierl, M., Kordilla, J., Reimann, T., Dörfliger, N., Sauter, M., Geyer, T. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-14160.

Simulation of film and droplet flow on wide aperture fracture using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Kordilla, J., Tartakovsky, A.M., Geyer, T. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-1490.

Simulation of gravity driven free-surface flow in fractured geological media

Kordilla, J., Tartakovsky, A.M., Geyer, T. · 6th SPHERIC 2011, Hamburg, Germany, June 08-10. Talk + Conference Paper.

Simulation of small-scale flow phenomena in fractured flow systems using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Kordilla, J., Tartakovsky, A.M., Geyer, T. · Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13, EGU2011-2021.

Methods for Characterisation of Karst Aquifers

Geyer, T., Ladouche, B., Kordilla, J., Doummar, J., Reimann, T., Dörfliger, N., Sauter, M. · 5th Environmental Symposium of German-Arab Scientific Forum for Environmental Studies 2010, Byblos, Lebanon.

Simulation of unsaturated flow in a karst aquifer using a double-continuum approach

Kordilla, J. Geyer, T., Graf, T., Sauter M. · First Workshop of HydroGeoSphere users. Liège, Belgium, March 25-26. Talk.

Field, modeling, and laboratory approaches for the assessment of hydrogeological and engineering problems in karst – Characterization, mapping and simulation of karst features (EGU 2022, Vienna, Austria)

Key physical factors and processes affecting non-uniform and preferential flows in porous media (EGU 2021, Online)

Karstgrundwasserleiter – Neue Entwicklungen und Methoden in Charakterisierung und Modellierung dualer Fließsysteme (FH-DGGV 2018, Bochum, Germany)

Preferential flow and mass transfers in soils and porous fractured media (EGU 2018, Vienna, Austria)