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Two‐Dimensional Searches for High‐Yield Well Sites
Author(s) -
Türk Göksel
Publication year - 1977
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.1745-6584.1977.tb03172.x
Subject(s) - bedrock , drilling , yield (engineering) , geology , aquifer , grid , dimension (graph theory) , saturation (graph theory) , petroleum engineering , computer science , engineering , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , groundwater , materials science , geodesy , mechanical engineering , combinatorics , metallurgy
In areas where bedrock is irregular, greater saturation thickness of aquifer will associate with the depression in the bedrock formation. Wells located upon these depressions can yield significantly higher amounts of water. Hence, finding the bottom of depression in the area will be of interest, and this can be facilitated by drilling test holes. These test holes can be drilled at the nodes of a regular grid; however, more efficient search techniques are available. Fibonacci search in one dimension has recently been proposed and potential saving in drilling cost demonstrated. But the problem is essentially two‐dimensional in nature. This paper describes some two‐dimensional search procedures for this purpose and shows that potential saving in drilling cost can be dramatic.