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( ) -( ) =- = ,where ∀= ∆𝑥 ∆𝑦 ∆𝑧
lly, in y direction:
In z- direction:
Then, net rate of change of volume within the elemental control volume:
rate of inflow – rate of outflow =
For steady state, rate of inflow = rate of outflow.
Therefore,
since
---------(1)
(2)
or,
----------(3)
For heterogeneous-isotropic aquifer, hydraulic conductivity changes in space but is the same along
all the three directions, i.e.,
--------(3)
For homogeneous-anisotropic aquifer, , and are not function of (x,y,z), i.e., hydraulic
conductivity does not change in space but is different along the three principal directions.
Eqn.(1) reduces to