Steady-state water table height estimations with an improved pseudo-two-dimensional Dupuit-Forchheimer type model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 438-439, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-202

  Castro Orgaz, O ^a   Giraldez J V ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Approximate two dimensional model; Dupuit Forchheimer model; Recharge; Seepage surface; Water table

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX VARIABLE THEORY; CURVILINEAR COORDINATE; DARCY'S LAW; DUPUIT-FORCHHEIMER; DUPUIT-FORCHHEIMER THEORY; FREE-SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HIGHER DIMENSIONS; HIGHER ORDER; LINEARISATION; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; RECHARGE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WATER TABLE HEIGHT; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAPLACE EQUATION; SEEPAGE;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; DAM; DARCY LAW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER TABLE;

KOCHINA;

EID: 84860373313     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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