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Seepage flow with free surface in fracture networks
Author(s) -
Jiang Qinghui,
Yao Chi,
Ye Zuyang,
Zhou Chuangbing
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/2012wr011991
Subject(s) - fracture (geology) , variational inequality , surface (topology) , free surface , flow (mathematics) , key (lock) , mathematics , geology , geotechnical engineering , mathematical optimization , calculus (dental) , geometry , computer science , mechanics , physics , medicine , computer security , dentistry
Key PointsPDE formulation of a free‐surface seepage problem on the entire fracture network Variational inequality ( VI ) formulation for unconfined seepage problem The numerical solution procedure based on the discrete VI formulation