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Transient-State Groundwater Flow In Various Geometries With Wells At Arbitrary Positions: Analytical Methods

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Analytical method, Circular aquifers, Computer models, Impermeable boundaries, Many wells, Rectangular aquifers, Transient state, Various geometries

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Hydrological Processes

Volume

17

Issue

17

First Page

3519

Last Page

3530

Abstract

We have developed a method for analytically solving the porous medium flow equation in many different geometries for horizontal (two-dimensional), homogeneous and isotropic aquifers containing impermeable boundaries and any number of pumping or injection wells located at arbitrary positions within the system. Solutions and results are presented for rectangular and circular aquifers but the method presented here is easily extendible to many geometries. Results are also presented for systems where constant head boundary conditions can be emulated internal to the aquifer boundary. Recommendations for extensions of the present work are briefly discussed. © 2003 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.

Department

Department of Physics

Original Publication Date

12-15-2003

DOI of published version

10.1002/hyp.1307

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