- 2073 Magh · 6 marks
Darcy fluxes around a central grid
Short answer
Darcy fluxes are qA = –6.500×10⁻⁴, qB = –3.000×10⁻⁴, qC = 6.500×10⁻⁴, qD = 1.200×10⁻³ m²/s. Negative signs indicate flow entering the central grid from the A and B directions.
The figure below shows a central grid surrounded by four grids for simulating two dimensional groundwater flow under steady state condition. Values of potential function () are given below: , , , , . Transmissivity in X-direction m/s for all grids, transmissivity in Y-direction m/s for all grids. Taking m and m, compute Darcy fluxes , , and from the finite difference equation in terms of .
[Figure: central grid with to the right (towards ), upward (towards ), to the left (towards ) and downward (towards ); x to the right, y downward]
Darcy's law for a confined (transmissivity) aquifer gives the flux per unit width across the face between two grids as
where is the grid spacing in the direction of flow. Here each flux is measured out of the central grid in the direction of its arrow (positive = leaving the central grid, negative = entering it). The face width is for -direction fluxes and for -direction fluxes.
j-1 (qB, up)
^
i-1 (qC) <-- (i,j) --> (qA) i+1
v
j+1 (qD, down)
Fluxes (, m/s; m, m)
Flow through each face (flux face width)
| Face | Direction | (m/s) | Face width (m) | (m/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | to | 25 | -0.01625 | |
| B | to | 20 | -0.00600 | |
| C | to | 25 | 0.01625 | |
| D | to | 20 | 0.02400 |
Answer: , , , m/s. Negative signs mean water flows into the central grid from the A and B sides; water leaves through C and D.
Check: the net outflow is m/s , so the given potentials are not a steady-state set. For exact steady state the central potential would be m (from fluxes ).
✓ Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort)
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