Response of an Unconfined Sloping Aquifer to Constant Recharge and Seepage from the Stream of Varying Water Level |
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Authors: | Rajeev K Bansal Samir Kumar Das |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, PO Box 6079, Sta. CV, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada |
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Abstract: | This paper presents analytical solution of one-dimensional linearized Boussinesq equation characterizing unsteady groundwater
flow in an unconfined aquifer, overlying an impervious downward sloping bed. At one end, the aquifer is in contact with a
constant water level and at the other end; water level is rising exponentially from an adjoining stream. The aquifer also
receives constant or cycle of time-varying vertical recharge. Analytical expressions for hydraulic head and flow rate in the
aquifer are obtained by solving the seepage model using Laplace transform. The expressions derived here can explain sudden
rise or very slow rise in the stream water related to sloping or horizontal beds and are represented under asymptotic case.
Response of a short and long aquifer to the variation in bed slope, recharge rate and rise rate of the stream water is illustrated
with the help of numerical examples. The sensitivity of the flow rate is also analyzed with respect to various parameters. |
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