An Inverse Boundary Element Method for Determining the Hydraulic Conductivity in Anisotropic Rocks
R. Mustata1, S. D. Harris2, L. Elliott1, D. Lesnic1, D. B. Ingham1
Department of Applied Mathematics University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK, Tel: +44 (0)113 233 5113.
Rock Deformation Research, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK, Tel: +44 (0)113 233 5252.
An inverse boundary element method is developed to characterise the components of the hydraulic conductivity tensor K of anisotropic materials. Surface measurements at exposed boundaries serve as additional input to a Genetic Algorithm (GA) using a modified least squares functional that minimises the difference between observed and BEM-predicted boundary pressure and/or hydraulic flux measurements under current hydraulic conductivity tensor component estimates.
Mustata, R., Harris, S. D., Elliott, L., Lesnic, D., Ingham, D. B. (2000). An Inverse Boundary Element Method for Determining the Hydraulic Conductivity in Anisotropic Rocks. CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 1(3), 107–116.
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