Transient Flow into a Partially Penetrating Well during the Constant-Head Test in Unconfined Aquifers

Abstract

This study derives a semianalytical solution for drawdown distribution during a constant-head test at a partially penetrating well in an unconfined aquifer. The constant-head condition is used to describe the boundary along the screen. In addition, a free-surface condition is used to delineate the upper boundary of the unconfined aquifer. The Laplace-domain solution is then derived using separation of variables and Laplace transform. This solution can be used to identify the aquifer parameters from the data of the constant-head test when integrated with an optimization scheme or to investigate the effects of vertical flow caused by the partially penetrating well and free-surface boundary in an unconfined aquifer. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000392. (C) 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.