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Analysing Pumping Tests by Resistance Network Analogue
Author(s) -
Herbert Robin
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1968.tb01638.x
Subject(s) - boundary (topology) , network analysis , computer science , mathematics , engineering , electrical engineering , mathematical analysis
A resistance network analogue is used to study the early stages of a pumping test in an unconfined aquifer. The results are compared with an alternative analysis due to Boulton (1965) and a good agreement is obtained. Unlike the theoretical analysis the analogue technique is versatile and can easily be used to study pumping tests with nonidealized boundary conditions, e.g., partially penetrating wells can be simulated. Thus the analogue method of analysis could prove to be a more realistic method for studying pumping tests than standard analytical techniques.