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A Method for Setting the Artificial Boundary Conditions of Groundwater Model
1School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China 2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China
School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China
School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
- 1 1School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China 2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China
- 2 School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
- 3 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China
- 4 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China
- 5 School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
Open Journal of Geology·Volume 03 (2013)·Pages 50–54·Published 30 April 2013·DOI10.4236/ojg.2013.32B012
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Abstract
Numerical simulation technology is nowadays an important mean s for groundwater issues because of its efficiency and economical advantages. But in case of natural hydrogeological boundaries are not within the interest area, it may be a big trouble to set boundary conditions of the model artificially without enough field investigation information. This paper introduced a method for solving such problem applying field pumping test and recovery test. The method was applied to build an in-situ leaching of uranium model. Results showed that the model boundary conditions can be set satisfactorily, and also the calculated heads matched the observed data well in both two models.
KeywordsGroundwaterNumerical ModelArtificial Boundary Conditions
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