An axi-symmetric infinite element for transient radial flow problems

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 801-813

  Khalili, N ^a   Valliappan, S ^a   Yazdchi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Infinite element; Transient; Unbounded domain

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIAL FLOW;

INFINITE ELEMENTS; TRANSIENT RADIAL FLOW;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; RADIAL FLOW;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0032888540     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199907)23:8<801::AID-NAG14>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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