Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method

Groundwater model can be described as a mathematical model and the equation of groundwater is governed by partial differential equation. In order to solve the groundwater flow equation, numerical method such that Finite Difference Method (FDM) is used. In this research, a two-dimensional transient g...

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Main Author: Ahmad Nordin, Norain
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Published: 2014
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spelling my-utm-ep.534602020-07-15T03:51:45Z Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method 2014-06 Ahmad Nordin, Norain QA Mathematics Groundwater model can be described as a mathematical model and the equation of groundwater is governed by partial differential equation. In order to solve the groundwater flow equation, numerical method such that Finite Difference Method (FDM) is used. In this research, a two-dimensional transient groundwater flow equation for a confined, nonleaky, and homogeneous with mixed boundary conditions is solved using Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) method where ADI method is one of the FDM. The algorithm of ADI method has been developed for three different types of boundary conditions that is Dirichlet condition, Neuman condition and Mixed condition. The transient groundwater flow equation has been derived and was solved using ADI method by Matlab software. Then, the results obtained were compared to analytical solution. Since the solutions from numerical method provide the small error when compared to the analytical solutions, it therefore can be concluded that ADI method provides good approximations in solving two-dimensional groundwater transient flow problem. 2014-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53460/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53460/25/NorainAhmadNordinMFS2014.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:86587 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science Faculty of Science
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Ahmad Nordin, Norain
Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method
description Groundwater model can be described as a mathematical model and the equation of groundwater is governed by partial differential equation. In order to solve the groundwater flow equation, numerical method such that Finite Difference Method (FDM) is used. In this research, a two-dimensional transient groundwater flow equation for a confined, nonleaky, and homogeneous with mixed boundary conditions is solved using Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) method where ADI method is one of the FDM. The algorithm of ADI method has been developed for three different types of boundary conditions that is Dirichlet condition, Neuman condition and Mixed condition. The transient groundwater flow equation has been derived and was solved using ADI method by Matlab software. Then, the results obtained were compared to analytical solution. Since the solutions from numerical method provide the small error when compared to the analytical solutions, it therefore can be concluded that ADI method provides good approximations in solving two-dimensional groundwater transient flow problem.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Ahmad Nordin, Norain
author_facet Ahmad Nordin, Norain
author_sort Ahmad Nordin, Norain
title Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method
title_short Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method
title_full Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method
title_fullStr Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method
title_full_unstemmed Solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method
title_sort solving two-dimensional groundwater flow equation using alternating direction implicit method
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Science
granting_department Faculty of Science
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/53460/25/NorainAhmadNordinMFS2014.pdf
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