Journal article
Application of energy concepts to groundwater flow: Adaptive modeling of a leaky aquifer
Abstract
The net work and energy flux at the boundaries of an aquifer change its internal energy and overcome its resistance to flow. In saturated porous media, the change in internal (strain) energy is stored in the elastic soil matrix and in pore water compression. In unsaturated media, an additional term accounts for changes in gravitational potential energy. The energy approach complements conventional insight by allowing spatially distributed …
Authors
Seneviratne A; Karney B
Journal
Water Resources Research, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 515–520
Publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Publication Date
February 1993
DOI
10.1029/92wr02449
ISSN
0043-1397