A boundary element method for stochastic flow problems in a semiconfined aquifer with random boundary conditions

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-208

  Zhu, Jianting ^a   Satish, Mysore G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Random boundary conditions; Semiconfined shallow aquifer; Stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BESSEL FUNCTION; COVARIANCE FUNCTION; HYDRAULIC HEAD MOMENTS; SEMICONFINED SHALLOW AQUIFER; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC FLOW PROBLEMS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031119869     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-7997(97)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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