• Flow net
• geotechnical engineering
• civil engineering
• groundwater
• potassium permanganate
• flow line
• dye trace
• plexiglass
• acrylic welding

I was commissioned to build this model in support of a presentation about geotechnical engineering. The goal is to illustrate the flow paths that groundwater takes under an obstruction (e.g. a sheet pile or cutoff wall). So much of engineering is just theoretical work, so it was really cool to see such an elegant example of a geotechnical engineering concept borne out in real dirt and water. Thanks for watching and let me know what you think.