Simulation of groundwater flow within observation boreholes for confined aquifers

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Hu, Litang ^a   Chen, Chongxi ^b   Chen, Xunhong ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduit effect; Finite difference; Finite element; Observation wells; Pipe flow

Indexed keywords

CONDUIT EFFECT; CONFINED AQUIFERS; CONTINUOUS MEDIUM; COUPLED SEEPAGE; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE ELEMENT; FLOW EFFECTS; FLOW THEORIES; GALERKIN FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OBSERVATION WELLS; PENETRATION LENGTH; PUMPING WELL; RADIAL DISTANCE; SIMULATION RESULT; VERTICAL PIPE FLOW; WELL DIAMETER; WELLBORE EFFECTS;

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; WELL PUMPS; WELLS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; DRAWDOWN; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; GALERKIN METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC HEAD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENETRATION; PIPE FLOW; SEEPAGE; WELL WATER;

EID: 78951495709     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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