Why traditional particle tracking fails - and how DDA delivers faster, more accurate capture zones
Many years of applied research
2016: First prototype
2018: First journal publication
2021: Matlab Toolbox
2023: Field case studies
2025: Professional version
Delineation of well catchments and capture zones as 3D volumes unlike particle tracking methods
Free of interpolation errors
Advanced quantitative analysis beyond particle tracking
+1M cells models processed in few seconds
Integrated scripting for data analysis, simulation, visualization from within MATLAB's LiveScript or Jupyter Notebook
M. A. Sbai (2018) A Practical Grid-Based Alternative Method to Advective Particle Traking. Groundwater, 56(6), 881-892. [Download]
"This work is a notable advance in particle tracking techniques that has the potential to make a significant impact on the way that flow and transport problems are analyzed and visualized."
-Dr. Scott James, Associate Editor, Groundwater journal
M. A. Sbai (2020) A Dual Delineation Approach to Untangle Interferences in Well Doublets Systems, 58(5), 822-830. [Download]
"The DDA appears to have certain advantages as a screening tool for the initial assessment of geothermal systems... it is certainly reasonable to apply this efficient tool before full-scale analysis."
Prof. Emil Frind, University of Waterloo
M. A. Sbai, A. Larabi (2021) On Solving Groundwater Flow and Transport Models with Algebraic Multigrid Preconditionning, 59(1), 100-108. [Download]
"This paper deals with what I think is an important topic for applied numerical groundwater modeling. AMG is a mature technology that deserves wider adoption in our field."
- Dr. Jeremy White, Principal Hydrogeologist, INTERA