Similarity solution of the Boussinesq equation

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 725-729

  Lockington, D A ^a   Parlange, J Y ^b   Parlange, M B ^c   Selker, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer recharge; Boussinesq equation; Similarity solution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AQUIFERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; SHAMPINE'S TRANSFORMATION;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RECHARGE;

EID: 0034072180     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(00)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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