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An Analytic Data Analysis Method for Oscillatory Slug Tests
Author(s) -
Chen ChiaShyun
Publication year - 2006
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.1745-6584.2006.00202.x
Subject(s) - slug test , hydraulic conductivity , conductivity , geology , matching (statistics) , slug , set (abstract data type) , geotechnical engineering , mechanics , mathematics , computer science , physics , soil science , statistics , quantum mechanics , soil water , paleontology , programming language
An analytical data analysis method is developed for slug tests in partially penetrating wells in confined or unconfined aquifers of high hydraulic conductivity. As adapted from the van der Kamp method, the determination of the hydraulic conductivity is based on the occurrence times and the displacements of the extreme points measured from the oscillatory data and their theoretical counterparts available in the literature. This method is applied to two sets of slug test response data presented by Butler et al.: one set shows slow damping with seven discernable extremities, and the other shows rapid damping with three extreme points. The estimates of the hydraulic conductivity obtained by the analytic method are in good agreement with those determined by an available curve‐matching technique.