A novel analytical solution for constant-head test in a patchy aquifer

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1213-1230

  Yang, Shaw Yang ^a   Yeh, Hund Der ^b  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Constant head test; Numerical approach; Patchy aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BROMWICH INTEGRAL METHOD; CONSTANT-HEAD TEST; HYDRAULIC HEAD DISTRIBUTION; PATCHY AQUIFER;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

AQUIFERS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC HEAD; NUMERICAL METHOD; PATCH DYNAMICS;

EID: 33749424446     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.523     Document Type: Article

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