A general analytical solution for flow to a single horizontal well by Fourier and Laplace transforms

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 640-648

  Huang, Ching Sheng ^a   Chen, Yu Lin ^a   Yeh, Hund Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Free surface equation; Stream depletion rate; Unconfined aquifer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONFINED AQUIFERS; DARCY'S LAW; FOURIER; FREE SURFACES; GENERAL ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INTEGRAL METHOD; INVERSE LAPLACE TRANSFORM; LAPLACE-DOMAIN SOLUTION; SECOND ORDERS; SINE TRANSFORMS; SPECIFIC YIELD; STREAM DEPLETION; TIME DOMAIN SOLUTION; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS;

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAPLACE EQUATION; SURFACES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DARCY LAW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FREE SURFACE FLOW; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; WELL;

EID: 79954911250     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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