Unit 2: General GW Governing Equation

•Partial
  differential equation governing groundwater flow:

+=

Where h is the head causing the flow, Ss is the specific storage,

and S is the storativity or coefficient of storage

 For steady 1D flow, equation reduces to:

 Unit 2: Confined groundwater flow between two water bodies,
or, Groundwater flow in confined aquifer (of uniform thickness)
•  Aquifer: homogeneous/isotropic
Flow eqn. is
--- (1)
Flow is produced by imposing different
Constant heads on the opposites of a
Rectangular flow domain as in fig.1.
Integrating eqn.1 (twice),
h=C1x + C2 ---- (2)

Fig. 1
 Unit 2: Confined groundwater flow between two water bodies,
or, Groundwater flow in confined aquifer (of uniform thickness)
•Substituting
  boundary conditions, h = h0 at x=0, & h=h1 at x=L
C2 = h0 &
Then, ------(3)
By Darcy’s law,

Again by Darcy’s law,