ABSTRACT
Analytical solutions to a set of problems involving groundwater flow can be calculated using the analytical element method (MEA). The possibility of combining the potential function in a single mathematical expression makes MEA attractive because it allows us to consider problems involving confined, unconfined aquifers or the combination of both in the same equation. In this paper, the MEA was used to obtain the groundwater flow solution under the joint action of pumping and injection wells. The computational code has been formulated to allow the use of random data for well flow rates, positions and radii and can be used to evaluate scenarios involving the infinite domain with fixed head boundaries, impermeable barriers or a combination of both. The computational results illustrate some scenarios and include the influence of uniform flow on the configuration of potential and stream lines, the use of image theory and the approximate calculation of isolines through stagnation points.
Keywords:
groundwater flow; superposition principle; scientific Python
