Introduction to groundwater modeling : finite differences and finite element methods /
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Author / Creator: | Wang, Herbert |
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Imprint: | San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, c1982. |
Description: | x, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Series of books in geology |
Subject: | |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/544604 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Models
- Physics of Groundwater Flow
- Laplaces Equation
- Regional Groundwater Flow System
- Finite Differences: Steady State Flow (Laplaces Equation): Differences for Derivatives
- Iterative Methods
- Gaussndash;Seidel Computer Program
- Boundary Conditions
- Finite Differences: Steady State Flow (Poissons Equation): Poissons Equation
- Island Recharge
- Finite Difference Models
- Unconfined Aquifer with Dupuit Assumptions
- Validity of a Numerical Solution
- Finite Differences: Transient Flow: Transient Flow Equation
- Explicit Finite Difference Approximation
- Implicit Finite Difference Approximation
- Unconfined Aquifer with Dupuit Assumptions
- Other Solution Methods
- Matrix Notation
- Tridiagonal Matrices
- Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) Method
- Prickettndash
- Lonnquist and Trescottndash
- Pinderndash
- Larson Models
- Calibration and Verification
- Finite Elements: Steady-State Flow: Galerkins Method
- Triangular Elements
- Assembly of ConductanceMatrix
- Boundary Conditions
- Finite Element Computer Program
- Region-Near-a-Well Example
- Seepage through a Dam
- Poissons Equation
- Finite Elements: Transient Flow: Galerkins Method
- Rectangular Element
- Assembly of Matrix Differential Equation
- Solving the Matrix Differential Equation
- Computer Program for Reservoir Problem
- Advectivendash;Dispersive Transport: Dispersion
- Solute Transport Equation
- Finite Element Example: Solute Dispersion in Uniform Flow Field
- Concluding Remarks
- Appendixes: Anisotropy and Tensors
- Variational Method
- Isoparametric Quadrilateral Elements
- Analogies
- Glossary of Symbols
- References
- Index