Forchheimer Groundwater Flow Law Type Curves for Leaky Aquifers
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 9, Issue 1
Abstract
An analytical solution has been developed for radial Forchheimer groundwater flow toward a fully penetrating well in a leaky aquifer. This equation has a second-order polynomial form which reduces to the classical Darcian flow case when the parameter of the second-order term is equal to zero. The solution methodology is based on the volumetric approach concept. The results are presented as a set of type curves for a leaky aquifer with non-Darcian groundwater flow. They are checked numerically against already existing classical solutions and very good agreement is obtained with less than 1% error. The type curve expressions presented herein are general and reduce to the classical Theis and Hantush Darcian flow solutions. The application of the Forchheimer law type curve is performed for 8-day-long time–drawdown data from Chaj-Doab area in Pakistan.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 9 • Issue 1 • January 2004
Pages: 51 - 59
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 4, 2001
Accepted: Mar 21, 2003
Published online: Dec 15, 2003
Published in print: Jan 2004
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