Seepage Face in Steady-State Groundwater Flow between Two Water Bodies
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 25, Issue 9
Abstract
An implicit solution determining the seepage-face dimension formed in steady-state flow through an aquifer connecting two water bodies is achieved based on the Dupuit assumption and conservation-of-flow-rate considerations. The aquifer features sloping upstream and downstream boundaries. The solution approach presented here yields the seepage-face dimension, the flow rate through the aquifer, the geometry of the phreatic surface, and travel times along streamlines. The Dupuit-based groundwater flow estimates compare well with numerical solutions calculated for the exact groundwater flow problem.
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This paper’s results were calculated with an Excel spreadsheet, which is available upon request.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 25 • Issue 9 • September 2020
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Received: Mar 28, 2019
Accepted: May 19, 2020
Published online: Jul 8, 2020
Published in print: Sep 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Dec 8, 2020
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