Drawdown in a Well Group Along a Straight Line

D. Babu Rao*, Raymond J. Krizek, Gabor M. Karadi

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Abstract

Procedures are developed and charts are presented to determine the unsteady drawdown in a group of wells which are located along a straight line and fully penetrate a homogeneous, isotropic, artesian aquifer. Based on the linearity of the governing field equation, the principle of superposition is used to combine the effects of individual wells, and solutions are obtained by using a digital computer to evaluate an exponential integral. The concepts of equivalent radius, coefficient of interference, and degree of uniformity are introduced, and quantitative graphical relationships are given as functions of the independent variables, which are the number of wells, well spacing, and time.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)12-18
Number of pages7
JournalGroundwater
Volume9
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1971
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • aquifers
  • dewatering
  • drainage
  • ground water
  • hydraulics
  • permeability
  • pumping
  • unsteady seepage
  • water resources
  • wellpoints
  • wells

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Computers in Earth Sciences

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