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Coupling Analytical, Boundary And Finite Element Methods To Develop A Model For Groundwater Flow With Singularities Generated By Groundwater Supply And Recharge Systems

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

23

Pages

8

Published

1998

Size

639 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/CMWR980451

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

I. David and H. Gerdes

Abstract

In the past, the development of mathematical models for ground water flow was mainly concentrated on large-scale models, calculated by means of the Finite Element Method (FEM) (1 "-order region). However, this method is not appropriate for simulating the hydraulic properties of flow in a region near a groundwater supply and recharge system (GWS/RS) (2^-order region). In this work, the singularities of the groundwater flow around GWS/RS are calculated with the Analytical Element Method (AEM). The boundary of the near 2^ -order region is calculated with the Boundary Element Method (BEM). Thus, through the coupling of AEM/BEM

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