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NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF BOUSSINESQ EQUATION ARISING IN
ONE-DIMENSIONAL INFILTRATION PHENOMENON BY USING
FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD
Ravi N. Borana1
, V. H. Pradhan2
, and M. N. Mehta3
1
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Bhavan’s R. A. College of Science, Gujarat, India,
2
Associate Professor, 3
Professor, Department of Mathematics and Humanities, SVNIT, Gujarat, India,
raviborana@gmail.com, pradhan65@yahoo.com, mnmehta_2001@yahoo.com
Abstract
Infiltration is a gradual flow or movement of groundwater into and through the pores of an unsaturated porous medium (soil). The
fluid infiltered in porous medium (unsaturated soil), its velocity decreases as soil becomes saturated, and such phenomena is called
infiltration. The present model deals with the filtration of an incompressible fluid (typically, water) through a porous stratum, the
main problem in groundwater infiltration. The present model was developed first by Boussinesq in 1903 and is related to original
motivation of Darcy. The mathematical formulation of the infiltration phenomenon leads to a non-linear Boussinesq equation. In the
present paper, a numerical solution of Boussinesq equation has been obtained by using finite difference method. The numerical results
for a specific set of initial and boundary conditions are obtained for determining the height of the free surface or water mound. The
moment infiltrated water enters in unsaturated soil; the infiltered water will start developing a curve between saturated porous
medium and unsaturated porous medium, which is called water table or water mound. Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme has
been applied to obtain the required results for various values of time. The obtained numerical results resemble well with the physical
phenomena. When water is infiltered through the vertical permeable wall in unsaturated porous medium the height of the free surface
steadily and uniformly decreases due to the saturation of infiltered water as time increases. Forward finite difference scheme is
conditionally stable. In the present paper, the graphical representation shows that Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme is
unconditionally stable. Numerical solution of the governing equation and graphical presentation has been obtained by using MATLAB
coding.
Key words: Infiltration, porous media, Darcy’s law, Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme
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1. INTRODUCTION
The groundwater flow plays an important role in various fields
like Agriculture, fluid dynamics, Chemical engineering,
Environmental problems, Biomathematics and nuclear waste
disposal problems. The infiltration phenomenon is useful to
control salinity of water, contamination of water and
agriculture purpose. Such problems are also useful to measure
moisture content of water in vertical one-dimensional ground
water recharge and dispersion of any fluid in porous media.
Infiltration is a gradual flow or movement of groundwater into
and through the pores of an unsaturated porous medium (soil).
Infiltration is governed by two forces, gravity and capillary
action. While smaller pores offer greater resistance to gravity,
very small pores pull water through capillary action in
addition to and even against the force of gravity. V´azquez
reported that the present model was developed first by
Boussinesq in 1903 and is related to original motivation of
Darcy [15]. It has been discussed by number of prominent
authors from different viewpoints; for example, by Darcy
(1856), Jacob Bear (1946), M. Muskat (1946),
A.E.Scheidegier (1960) and Polubarinova-Kochina P Ya
(1962). In addition, the focus has also been thrown on the
groundwater infiltration phenomenon, especially, in
homogeneous porous media as well as heterogeneous porous
media by Verma(1967), Mehta & Verma(1977),
M.N.Mehta(2006), Mehta & Patel(2007), Mehta &
Yadav(2007), Mehta & Joshi (2009), Mehta & Meher(2010),
Mehta & Desai (2010) and Mehta, Pradhan &
Parikh(2011)from various aspects and viewpoints.
The present model deals with the filtration of an
incompressible fluid (typically, water) through a porous
stratum, the main problem in groundwater infiltration.
According to Polubarinova-Kochina and Scheidegger AE the
moment infiltrated water enters in unsaturated soil; the
infiltered water will start developing a curve between saturated
porous medium and unsaturated porous medium, which is
called water table or water mound [10, 13]. In this investigated
model an attempt has been made to measure the height of the
free surface of water mound.
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2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Consider reservoir field with water of height
1mh = = maximum height with impermeable bottom and
surrounding of this reservoir is unsaturated homogeneous soil.
To understand infiltration phenomenon in uni-direction, a
vertical cross section area of the reservoir with surrounding
unsaturated porous medium is considered, as shown in the
following figure 1.
Fig-1: A schema of groundwater infiltration.
The infiltration is a process by which the water of the reservoir
has entered into the unsaturated soil through vertical
permeable wall. The infiltrated water will enter in unsaturated
soil then the infiltered water will develop a curve between
saturated porous medium and unsaturated porous medium,
which is called water table or water mound. To measure the
height of the free surface is the basic purpose of the
investigation. To understand this one-dimensional infiltration
phenomenon and for the sake of its mathematical formulation,
some assumptions have been taken. The governing equation
for the height of infiltered water is obtained in the form of a
non-linear partial differential equation known as Boussinesq’s
equation [2]. The scheme for the solution of Boussinesq’s
equation has been suggested by Klute, Rosenberg and Smith
using Finite Difference Methods [5, 11, 12]. Bear explained
that atmospheric pressure in dry region by using relation
between pressure and height of free surface and velocity of
infiltered water can be calculated by Darcy’s law [1, 3, and 9].
3. MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION
The height of water in the reservoir is assumed as
1OA = = Maximum height of free surface by
( ),h x t
(figure
1). The height of the free surface is 0 , when 1OB x= = . The
dotted arc below the curve is saturated by infiltered water and
above the curve is dry region of unsaturated porous medium.
The water is infiltered through the height OA, the bottom is
assumed impermeable, so water can not flow in downward
direction. To develop and understand the mathematical
formulation of the infiltration phenomenon it is necessary to
impose (consider) the following simplifying assumptions:
The stratum has height
1mh =
and lies on the top of a
horizontal impervious bed, which is labelled as 0Z = . Ignore
the transversal variable y ; and the water mass which
infiltrates the soil occupies a region described as
( ) ( ){ }, : ,x z R z h x tΩ = ∈ ≤
In practical terms, it is assumed that there is no region of
partial saturation. This is an evolution model.
Clearly,
( )0 , 1h x t≤ ≤
, as
1mh = is the maximum height and
the free boundary surface ( ),h x t
is also an unknown of the
problem. For the sake of simplicity and for the practical
computation after introducing suitable assumptions, the
hypothesis of almost horizontal flow, it is assumed that the
flow has an almost horizontal speed. Here, the y-component of
the velocity of infiltered water will be zero. Here, ( ), 0u u≈
so
that
( ),h x t
has small gradients. It follows that in the vertical
component, the momentum equation will be,[15]
uz
z
u p
u g
t z
ρ ρ
∂ ∂ 
+ ⋅∇ = − − 
∂ ∂ 
(1)
Neglecting the inertial term (the left-hand side), integration in
z gives for this first approximation constant.p gzρ+ = now
calculate the constant on the free surface
( ), .z h x t=
If continuity of the pressure across the interface is imposed,
then 0ρ = (assuming constant atmospheric pressure in the air
that fills the pores of the dry region
( ), .z h x t>
) this implies
( )p g h zρ= − (2)
In other words, the pressure is determined by means of the
hydrostatic approximation. Now, using mass conservation law
and taking a section ( ) ( ), 0,S x x a C= + ×
0
u
s
x a h
x
dydx n dl
t
φ
∂
+∂
= − ⋅
∂ ∫ ∫ ∫ (3)
Where φ is the porosity of the medium, i.e., the fraction of
volume available for the flow circulation, and u is the velocity,
which obeys Darcy’s law in the form that includes gravity
effects
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( )
k
u p gzρ
µ
= − ∇ + (4)
On the right-hand lateral surface it is,
( ) ( )u n u, 0 1, 0 u, i.e. ,
k
px
µ
 
⋅ ≈ ⋅ = − 
 
While on the left-hand side it is, -u.
Using formula for p and differentiating in x it follows that,
0
hh gk
hdz
t x x
ρ
φ
µ
∂ ∂ ∂
=
∂ ∂ ∂∫ (5)
Thus, the governing equation of the phenomenon known as
Boussinesq’s equation, is obtained as
( )
2
2
2
h
h
t x
β
∂ ∂
=
∂ ∂
(6)
Where constant 2
gkρ
β
φµ
=
and h has a small horizontal
gradient.
From the expression (6) it follows that
2
i.e. 2
h h
t x x
h h
h
t x x
β
β
 ∂ ∂ ∂
=  
∂ ∂ ∂ 
∂ ∂ ∂ 
=  
∂ ∂ ∂ 
On simplifying, it gives
22
2
2
h h h
h
t x x
β
 ∂ ∂ ∂ 
= +   ∂ ∂ ∂  
(7)
The expression (7) is a nonlinear partial differential equation
known as Boussinesq equation, which is required governing
equation of the height of free surface of infiltered water in
unsaturated porous medium, Vazquez [15].
4. NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM
To obtain the numerical solution of the equation (7), choose
dimensionless variable
x
X
L
=
and 2T tβ= as 0 1X≤ ≤ , 0 1T≤ ≤
Hence, the equation (7) can be written as
22
2
h h h
h
T X X
∂ ∂ ∂
= +
∂ ∂ ∂
 
 
 
(8)
The appropriate initial condition to the phenomena may be
consider as
( )
( )
( )
2
,0 1 0 1
0, 1, 0, T > 0
1, 0, T > 0
and boundary condition according to the figure-1will be
,h X X X
h T X
Th
= − ≤ ≤
= =
=
(9)
As per Rosenberg, the Crank-Nicolson finite difference
scheme is employed to solve equation (8) with the conditions
(9) as follows [11]:
Hence, the stability ratio
( )
2
T
r
X
∆
=
∆
Choosing the above scheme for 1i = ,
( )
( )
( ) ( )
1 1, 1 1 1 1 2, 11, 1, 2, 1,2 2 2 2
1 1, 1 1 1 2,1, 1, 2, 1,2 2 2 2
1 1 11, 2, 1,2 2 2
2 1
2 4
4
2 1
2 4
4
1
2 4
4
10
n nn n n n
n nn n n n
n n n
h h h h h h
r
h h h h h h
r
h h h
+ ++ + + +
+ + + +
+ + +
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 
− − + + + −
= − − + + −
− − + −
With
( ) ( )1 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1,1,
2
21
3 2 2
2 4
n n n n n nn
r
h h h h h h h+
= + ⋅ − + + + −
 
  
For 2 1i R≤ ≤ − ,
1 11, 1,
2 2
1 1, 1 1 , 1, ,
2 2
1 11, 1,
2 2
1 1, 1,
2
1 11, 1,
2 2
1 1, 1, ,
2 2
1 2
2
2 2
1
2 2
1 2
2
2 2
i n i n
i n i ni n i n
i n i n
i ni n
i n i n
i ni n i n
h h
h h h h
r
h h
h h
h h
h h h
r
+ + − +
− + ++ +
+ + − +
+ ++
+ + − +
−+ +
−
− + − −
−
+ +
−
= − − + −
              
  
  
    
  
  
    
( )
,
1 11, 1,
2 2
1 1,,
2
1
2 2
11
i n
i n i n
i ni n
h
h h
h h
+ + − +
++
−
− +
 
  
  
  
    
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With
( ) ( )
2
1 , , 1, , 1, 1, 1,,
2
1
. 2
2 4
i n i n i n i n i n i n i ni n
r
h h h h h h h h+ − + −+
= + − + + −
 
  
Fori R= ,
( )
( )
( )
1 1 1 1, 1, 1, ,
2 2 2
1 , 1,
2
1 1 1 1,, 1, ,
2 2 2
1 ,,
2
1
4
2
2
1
4
2
2 12
R nR n R n R n
R nR n
R nR n R n R n
R nR n
h h h h
h h
r
h h h h
h h
r
− ++ − + +
++
−+ − + +
+
+ + +
− − =
− + + +
−
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
With
( ) ( )1 , , 1, , 1, ,,
2
21
3
2 4
R n R n R n R n R n R nR n
r
h h h h h h h− −+
= + ⋅ − + +
 
  
The expressions (10), (11) and (12) represent the Crank-
Nicolson finite difference scheme about the point
( )1,
2
,i i n
X T +
for the infiltration phenomenon represented by the expression
(8). Mehta, Pradhan and others have discussed the solution of
such phenomena [4, 6, 7, 8, 9] analytically and numerically
with different view point.
Fig-2: Graph of ( ),h X T
at different times for 0.40r =
Fig-3: Graph of ( ),h X T
at different times for 0.64r =
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
dx=.05 , dt=0.00125 , r = 0.5
X
h(X,T)
T=0.00125
T=0.00750
T=0.00125
T=0.01875
T=0.02500
Fig- 4: Graph of ( ),h X T
at different times for 0.5r =
5. NUMERICAL AND GRAPHICAL
PRESENTATION
Table-1: Values of ( ),h X T
at times T for r = 0.64
dX=0.025 dT=0.0004 r=0.64
X T=0.004 T=0.006 T=0.008 T=0.010 T=0.012
0 1 1 1 1 1
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0.025 0.998565 0.998317 0.998115 0.997943 0.997793
0.05 0.994075 0.993117 0.992327 0.991651 0.991058
0.075 0.989236 0.987629 0.986291 0.985136
0.1 0.983813 0.981656 0.979831 0.978242 0.976833
0.125 0.977611 0.975024 0.972792 0.970827 0.969070
0.15 0.970479 0.967585 0.965036 0.962762 0.960712
0.175 0.962306 0.959222 0.956447 0.953937 0.951652
0.2 0.953017 0.949842 0.946928 0.944254 0.941795
0.225 0.942565 0.939379 0.936402 0.933634 0.931061
0.25 0.930922 0.927787 0.924812 0.922011 0.919382
0.275 0.918074 0.915034 0.912115 0.909335 0.906701
0.3 0.904011 0.901101 0.898279 0.895567 0.892976
0.325 0.888731 0.885976 0.883286 0.880680 0.878171
0.35 0.872231 0.869651 0.867120 0.864652 0.862260
0.375 0.854512 0.852124 0.849773 0.847470 0.845225
0.4 0.835571 0.833392 0.831241 0.829124 0.827051
0.425 0.815410 0.813455 0.811520 0.809609 0.807729
0.45 0.794029 0.792311 0.790607 0.788919 0.787252
0.475 0.771426 0.769961 0.768503 0.767054 0.765617
0.5 0.747603 0.746405 0.745207 0.744011 0.742819
0.525 0.722560 0.721642 0.720718 0.719790 0.718858
0.55 0.696295 0.695672 0.695037 0.694390 0.693732
0.575 0.668810 0.668496 0.668163 0.667811 0.667442
0.6 0.640104 0.640113 0.640096 0.640052 0.639985
0.625 0.610178 0.610524 0.610836 0.611115 0.611362
0.65 0.579030 0.579728 0.580384 0.580998 0.581574
0.675 0.546663 0.547726 0.548738 0.549702 0.550619
0.7 0.513074 0.514517 0.515900 0.517227 0.518497
0.725 0.478265 0.480101 0.481869 0.483571 0.485208
0.75 0.442234 0.444479 0.446645 0.448735 0.450749
0.775 0.404984 0.40765 0.410227 0.412715 0.415118
0.8 0.366512 0.369613 0.372612 0.375509 0.378306
0.825 0.326819 0.330366 0.333794 0.337104 0.340301
0.85 0.285902 0.2899 0.293757 0.297477 0.301074
0.875 0.243754 0.248194 0.252463 0.256581 0.260577
0.9 0.20034 0.205176 0.209816 0.214313 0.218727
0.925 0.155527 0.160643 0.165591 0.170483 0.17542
0.95 0.108809 0.114024 0.119302 0.124805 0.13068
0.975 0.058347 0.063827 0.070094 0.077279 0.085543
1 0 0 0 0 0
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0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
X
h(X,T)
dx=0.025, dt=0.0006, r = 0.96
T=0.0006
T=0.006
T=0.012
T=0.018
T=0.024
Fig-5: Graph of ( ),h X T
at different times for 0.96r =
Table-2: Values of
( ),h X T
at timesT for r = 0.4
dX= 0.025 dT= 0.00025 r = 0.40
X/T T=0.0025 T=0.0050 T=0.0075 T=0.0100 T=0.0125
0 1 1 1 1 1
0.025 0.998803 0.998601 0.998434 0.99829 0.998162
0.05 0.994979 0.994213 0.99357 0.993011 0.992513
0.075 0.990720 0.989464 0.988393 0.987451 0.986607
0.1 0.985752 0.984115 0.982686 0.981414 0.980264
0.125 0.979867 0.977967 0.976267 0.974729 0.973324
0.15 0.972925 0.970869 0.968985 0.967250 0.965646
0.175 0.964839 0.962715 0.960723 0.958859 0.957115
0.2 0.955562 0.953432 0.951397 0.949464 0.947633
0.225 0.945071 0.942976 0.940947 0.938996 0.937127
0.25 0.933356 0.931324 0.929336 0.927406 0.925540
0.275 0.920411 0.918460 0.916541 0.914662 0.912832
0.3 0.906236 0.904380 0.902547 0.900743 0.898975
0.325 0.890829 0.889079 0.887346 0.885635 0.883951
0.35 0.874192 0.872557 0.870936 0.869332 0.867747
0.375 0.856322 0.854812 0.853314 0.851828 0.850357
0.4 0.837221 0.835846 0.834479 0.833122 0.831776
0.425 0.816889 0.815656 0.814431 0.813212 0.812002
0.45 0.795325 0.794244 0.793169 0.792098 0.791032
0.475 0.772529 0.771610 0.770693 0.769779 0.768867
0.5 0.748502 0.747753 0.747004 0.746255 0.745507
0.525 0.723244 0.722674 0.722102 0.721527 0.720950
0.55 0.696754 0.696372 0.695986 0.695594 0.695197
0.575 0.669032 0.668848 0.668656 0.668456 0.668248
0.6 0.640079 0.640101 0.640112 0.640113 0.640103
0.625 0.609894 0.610132 0.610356 0.610565 0.610761
0.65 0.578478 0.578940 0.579385 0.579813 0.580224
0.675 0.545831 0.546526 0.547201 0.547855 0.548490
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0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
dx=0.01, dt=0.001, r = 10
X
h(X,T)
T=0.001
T=0.003
T=0.006
T=0.008
T=0.010
Fig-6: Graph of ( ),h X T
at different times for 10r =
CONCLUSIONS
The Numerical solution of the groundwater infiltration
phenomenon given by the expression (8) has been obtained by
using Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme. The initial and
boundary conditions given in the expression (9) have been
used.
The graphs show that height of infiltered water mound or
height of free surface of infiltered water in unsaturated porous
medium is decreasing for different time 0T > . The nature of
the curves (figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and tables 1 and 2) reflect that
the height of free surface of infiltered water in unsaturated
porous medium is decreasing according to the physical
phenomenon throughout the domain
For the given distance X for different
times 0.010, 0.012 ,,T T T= = 0.018 , 0.024T T= =
etc., and the
solution converges to 0 as X tending to 1.Thus, when water is
infiltered through the vertical permeable wall in unsaturated
porous medium the height of the free surface steadily and
uniformly decreases due to the saturation of infiltered water as
time increases. The numerical results are shown. (figures 2, 3,
4, 5, 6) for the distinct values of the stability
ratio, 0.4, 0.5, 0.64, 0.96, 10;r =
. In the forward finite
difference scheme numerical solution is stable only for
( )2 0.5T
X
r ∆
∆
= ≤
, this restriction has been overcome by
employing Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme.
Hence, we conclude that the Crank-Nicolson finite difference
scheme gives numerical solution of the non-linear equation
arising in infiltration phenomenon which is consistent with the
physical phenomenon which is stable without having any
stringent restriction on the stability ratio.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am deeply grateful to the management of Bhartiya Vidhya
Bhavan, Ahmedabad Kendra, without whose support my
research work would not have been possible. I would also like
to extend my gratitude to the Offg. Prin. Dr. A. K. Shah for
helping and inspiring me for the research work.
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  • 1. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 202 NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF BOUSSINESQ EQUATION ARISING IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL INFILTRATION PHENOMENON BY USING FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD Ravi N. Borana1 , V. H. Pradhan2 , and M. N. Mehta3 1 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Bhavan’s R. A. College of Science, Gujarat, India, 2 Associate Professor, 3 Professor, Department of Mathematics and Humanities, SVNIT, Gujarat, India, raviborana@gmail.com, pradhan65@yahoo.com, mnmehta_2001@yahoo.com Abstract Infiltration is a gradual flow or movement of groundwater into and through the pores of an unsaturated porous medium (soil). The fluid infiltered in porous medium (unsaturated soil), its velocity decreases as soil becomes saturated, and such phenomena is called infiltration. The present model deals with the filtration of an incompressible fluid (typically, water) through a porous stratum, the main problem in groundwater infiltration. The present model was developed first by Boussinesq in 1903 and is related to original motivation of Darcy. The mathematical formulation of the infiltration phenomenon leads to a non-linear Boussinesq equation. In the present paper, a numerical solution of Boussinesq equation has been obtained by using finite difference method. The numerical results for a specific set of initial and boundary conditions are obtained for determining the height of the free surface or water mound. The moment infiltrated water enters in unsaturated soil; the infiltered water will start developing a curve between saturated porous medium and unsaturated porous medium, which is called water table or water mound. Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme has been applied to obtain the required results for various values of time. The obtained numerical results resemble well with the physical phenomena. When water is infiltered through the vertical permeable wall in unsaturated porous medium the height of the free surface steadily and uniformly decreases due to the saturation of infiltered water as time increases. Forward finite difference scheme is conditionally stable. In the present paper, the graphical representation shows that Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme is unconditionally stable. Numerical solution of the governing equation and graphical presentation has been obtained by using MATLAB coding. Key words: Infiltration, porous media, Darcy’s law, Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme -------------------------------------------------------------------***----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION The groundwater flow plays an important role in various fields like Agriculture, fluid dynamics, Chemical engineering, Environmental problems, Biomathematics and nuclear waste disposal problems. The infiltration phenomenon is useful to control salinity of water, contamination of water and agriculture purpose. Such problems are also useful to measure moisture content of water in vertical one-dimensional ground water recharge and dispersion of any fluid in porous media. Infiltration is a gradual flow or movement of groundwater into and through the pores of an unsaturated porous medium (soil). Infiltration is governed by two forces, gravity and capillary action. While smaller pores offer greater resistance to gravity, very small pores pull water through capillary action in addition to and even against the force of gravity. V´azquez reported that the present model was developed first by Boussinesq in 1903 and is related to original motivation of Darcy [15]. It has been discussed by number of prominent authors from different viewpoints; for example, by Darcy (1856), Jacob Bear (1946), M. Muskat (1946), A.E.Scheidegier (1960) and Polubarinova-Kochina P Ya (1962). In addition, the focus has also been thrown on the groundwater infiltration phenomenon, especially, in homogeneous porous media as well as heterogeneous porous media by Verma(1967), Mehta & Verma(1977), M.N.Mehta(2006), Mehta & Patel(2007), Mehta & Yadav(2007), Mehta & Joshi (2009), Mehta & Meher(2010), Mehta & Desai (2010) and Mehta, Pradhan & Parikh(2011)from various aspects and viewpoints. The present model deals with the filtration of an incompressible fluid (typically, water) through a porous stratum, the main problem in groundwater infiltration. According to Polubarinova-Kochina and Scheidegger AE the moment infiltrated water enters in unsaturated soil; the infiltered water will start developing a curve between saturated porous medium and unsaturated porous medium, which is called water table or water mound [10, 13]. In this investigated model an attempt has been made to measure the height of the free surface of water mound.
  • 2. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 203 2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Consider reservoir field with water of height 1mh = = maximum height with impermeable bottom and surrounding of this reservoir is unsaturated homogeneous soil. To understand infiltration phenomenon in uni-direction, a vertical cross section area of the reservoir with surrounding unsaturated porous medium is considered, as shown in the following figure 1. Fig-1: A schema of groundwater infiltration. The infiltration is a process by which the water of the reservoir has entered into the unsaturated soil through vertical permeable wall. The infiltrated water will enter in unsaturated soil then the infiltered water will develop a curve between saturated porous medium and unsaturated porous medium, which is called water table or water mound. To measure the height of the free surface is the basic purpose of the investigation. To understand this one-dimensional infiltration phenomenon and for the sake of its mathematical formulation, some assumptions have been taken. The governing equation for the height of infiltered water is obtained in the form of a non-linear partial differential equation known as Boussinesq’s equation [2]. The scheme for the solution of Boussinesq’s equation has been suggested by Klute, Rosenberg and Smith using Finite Difference Methods [5, 11, 12]. Bear explained that atmospheric pressure in dry region by using relation between pressure and height of free surface and velocity of infiltered water can be calculated by Darcy’s law [1, 3, and 9]. 3. MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION The height of water in the reservoir is assumed as 1OA = = Maximum height of free surface by ( ),h x t (figure 1). The height of the free surface is 0 , when 1OB x= = . The dotted arc below the curve is saturated by infiltered water and above the curve is dry region of unsaturated porous medium. The water is infiltered through the height OA, the bottom is assumed impermeable, so water can not flow in downward direction. To develop and understand the mathematical formulation of the infiltration phenomenon it is necessary to impose (consider) the following simplifying assumptions: The stratum has height 1mh = and lies on the top of a horizontal impervious bed, which is labelled as 0Z = . Ignore the transversal variable y ; and the water mass which infiltrates the soil occupies a region described as ( ) ( ){ }, : ,x z R z h x tΩ = ∈ ≤ In practical terms, it is assumed that there is no region of partial saturation. This is an evolution model. Clearly, ( )0 , 1h x t≤ ≤ , as 1mh = is the maximum height and the free boundary surface ( ),h x t is also an unknown of the problem. For the sake of simplicity and for the practical computation after introducing suitable assumptions, the hypothesis of almost horizontal flow, it is assumed that the flow has an almost horizontal speed. Here, the y-component of the velocity of infiltered water will be zero. Here, ( ), 0u u≈ so that ( ),h x t has small gradients. It follows that in the vertical component, the momentum equation will be,[15] uz z u p u g t z ρ ρ ∂ ∂  + ⋅∇ = − −  ∂ ∂  (1) Neglecting the inertial term (the left-hand side), integration in z gives for this first approximation constant.p gzρ+ = now calculate the constant on the free surface ( ), .z h x t= If continuity of the pressure across the interface is imposed, then 0ρ = (assuming constant atmospheric pressure in the air that fills the pores of the dry region ( ), .z h x t> ) this implies ( )p g h zρ= − (2) In other words, the pressure is determined by means of the hydrostatic approximation. Now, using mass conservation law and taking a section ( ) ( ), 0,S x x a C= + × 0 u s x a h x dydx n dl t φ ∂ +∂ = − ⋅ ∂ ∫ ∫ ∫ (3) Where φ is the porosity of the medium, i.e., the fraction of volume available for the flow circulation, and u is the velocity, which obeys Darcy’s law in the form that includes gravity effects
  • 3. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 204 ( ) k u p gzρ µ = − ∇ + (4) On the right-hand lateral surface it is, ( ) ( )u n u, 0 1, 0 u, i.e. , k px µ   ⋅ ≈ ⋅ = −    While on the left-hand side it is, -u. Using formula for p and differentiating in x it follows that, 0 hh gk hdz t x x ρ φ µ ∂ ∂ ∂ = ∂ ∂ ∂∫ (5) Thus, the governing equation of the phenomenon known as Boussinesq’s equation, is obtained as ( ) 2 2 2 h h t x β ∂ ∂ = ∂ ∂ (6) Where constant 2 gkρ β φµ = and h has a small horizontal gradient. From the expression (6) it follows that 2 i.e. 2 h h t x x h h h t x x β β  ∂ ∂ ∂ =   ∂ ∂ ∂  ∂ ∂ ∂  =   ∂ ∂ ∂  On simplifying, it gives 22 2 2 h h h h t x x β  ∂ ∂ ∂  = +   ∂ ∂ ∂   (7) The expression (7) is a nonlinear partial differential equation known as Boussinesq equation, which is required governing equation of the height of free surface of infiltered water in unsaturated porous medium, Vazquez [15]. 4. NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM To obtain the numerical solution of the equation (7), choose dimensionless variable x X L = and 2T tβ= as 0 1X≤ ≤ , 0 1T≤ ≤ Hence, the equation (7) can be written as 22 2 h h h h T X X ∂ ∂ ∂ = + ∂ ∂ ∂       (8) The appropriate initial condition to the phenomena may be consider as ( ) ( ) ( ) 2 ,0 1 0 1 0, 1, 0, T > 0 1, 0, T > 0 and boundary condition according to the figure-1will be ,h X X X h T X Th = − ≤ ≤ = = = (9) As per Rosenberg, the Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme is employed to solve equation (8) with the conditions (9) as follows [11]: Hence, the stability ratio ( ) 2 T r X ∆ = ∆ Choosing the above scheme for 1i = , ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 1, 1 1 1 1 2, 11, 1, 2, 1,2 2 2 2 1 1, 1 1 1 2,1, 1, 2, 1,2 2 2 2 1 1 11, 2, 1,2 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 2 4 4 1 2 4 4 10 n nn n n n n nn n n n n n n h h h h h h r h h h h h h r h h h + ++ + + + + + + + + + +                               − − + + + − = − − + + − − − + − With ( ) ( )1 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1,1, 2 21 3 2 2 2 4 n n n n n nn r h h h h h h h+ = + ⋅ − + + + −      For 2 1i R≤ ≤ − , 1 11, 1, 2 2 1 1, 1 1 , 1, , 2 2 1 11, 1, 2 2 1 1, 1, 2 1 11, 1, 2 2 1 1, 1, , 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 i n i n i n i ni n i n i n i n i ni n i n i n i ni n i n h h h h h h r h h h h h h h h h r + + − + − + ++ + + + − + + ++ + + − + −+ + − − + − − − + + − = − − + −                                      ( ) , 1 11, 1, 2 2 1 1,, 2 1 2 2 11 i n i n i n i ni n h h h h h + + − + ++ − − +                
  • 4. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 205 With ( ) ( ) 2 1 , , 1, , 1, 1, 1,, 2 1 . 2 2 4 i n i n i n i n i n i n i ni n r h h h h h h h h+ − + −+ = + − + + −      Fori R= , ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 1 1 1, 1, 1, , 2 2 2 1 , 1, 2 1 1 1 1,, 1, , 2 2 2 1 ,, 2 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 2 12 R nR n R n R n R nR n R nR n R n R n R nR n h h h h h h r h h h h h h r − ++ − + + ++ −+ − + + + + + + − − = − + + + −                     With ( ) ( )1 , , 1, , 1, ,, 2 21 3 2 4 R n R n R n R n R n R nR n r h h h h h h h− −+ = + ⋅ − + +      The expressions (10), (11) and (12) represent the Crank- Nicolson finite difference scheme about the point ( )1, 2 ,i i n X T + for the infiltration phenomenon represented by the expression (8). Mehta, Pradhan and others have discussed the solution of such phenomena [4, 6, 7, 8, 9] analytically and numerically with different view point. Fig-2: Graph of ( ),h X T at different times for 0.40r = Fig-3: Graph of ( ),h X T at different times for 0.64r = 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 dx=.05 , dt=0.00125 , r = 0.5 X h(X,T) T=0.00125 T=0.00750 T=0.00125 T=0.01875 T=0.02500 Fig- 4: Graph of ( ),h X T at different times for 0.5r = 5. NUMERICAL AND GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION Table-1: Values of ( ),h X T at times T for r = 0.64 dX=0.025 dT=0.0004 r=0.64 X T=0.004 T=0.006 T=0.008 T=0.010 T=0.012 0 1 1 1 1 1
  • 5. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 206 0.025 0.998565 0.998317 0.998115 0.997943 0.997793 0.05 0.994075 0.993117 0.992327 0.991651 0.991058 0.075 0.989236 0.987629 0.986291 0.985136 0.1 0.983813 0.981656 0.979831 0.978242 0.976833 0.125 0.977611 0.975024 0.972792 0.970827 0.969070 0.15 0.970479 0.967585 0.965036 0.962762 0.960712 0.175 0.962306 0.959222 0.956447 0.953937 0.951652 0.2 0.953017 0.949842 0.946928 0.944254 0.941795 0.225 0.942565 0.939379 0.936402 0.933634 0.931061 0.25 0.930922 0.927787 0.924812 0.922011 0.919382 0.275 0.918074 0.915034 0.912115 0.909335 0.906701 0.3 0.904011 0.901101 0.898279 0.895567 0.892976 0.325 0.888731 0.885976 0.883286 0.880680 0.878171 0.35 0.872231 0.869651 0.867120 0.864652 0.862260 0.375 0.854512 0.852124 0.849773 0.847470 0.845225 0.4 0.835571 0.833392 0.831241 0.829124 0.827051 0.425 0.815410 0.813455 0.811520 0.809609 0.807729 0.45 0.794029 0.792311 0.790607 0.788919 0.787252 0.475 0.771426 0.769961 0.768503 0.767054 0.765617 0.5 0.747603 0.746405 0.745207 0.744011 0.742819 0.525 0.722560 0.721642 0.720718 0.719790 0.718858 0.55 0.696295 0.695672 0.695037 0.694390 0.693732 0.575 0.668810 0.668496 0.668163 0.667811 0.667442 0.6 0.640104 0.640113 0.640096 0.640052 0.639985 0.625 0.610178 0.610524 0.610836 0.611115 0.611362 0.65 0.579030 0.579728 0.580384 0.580998 0.581574 0.675 0.546663 0.547726 0.548738 0.549702 0.550619 0.7 0.513074 0.514517 0.515900 0.517227 0.518497 0.725 0.478265 0.480101 0.481869 0.483571 0.485208 0.75 0.442234 0.444479 0.446645 0.448735 0.450749 0.775 0.404984 0.40765 0.410227 0.412715 0.415118 0.8 0.366512 0.369613 0.372612 0.375509 0.378306 0.825 0.326819 0.330366 0.333794 0.337104 0.340301 0.85 0.285902 0.2899 0.293757 0.297477 0.301074 0.875 0.243754 0.248194 0.252463 0.256581 0.260577 0.9 0.20034 0.205176 0.209816 0.214313 0.218727 0.925 0.155527 0.160643 0.165591 0.170483 0.17542 0.95 0.108809 0.114024 0.119302 0.124805 0.13068 0.975 0.058347 0.063827 0.070094 0.077279 0.085543 1 0 0 0 0 0
  • 6. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 207 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 X h(X,T) dx=0.025, dt=0.0006, r = 0.96 T=0.0006 T=0.006 T=0.012 T=0.018 T=0.024 Fig-5: Graph of ( ),h X T at different times for 0.96r = Table-2: Values of ( ),h X T at timesT for r = 0.4 dX= 0.025 dT= 0.00025 r = 0.40 X/T T=0.0025 T=0.0050 T=0.0075 T=0.0100 T=0.0125 0 1 1 1 1 1 0.025 0.998803 0.998601 0.998434 0.99829 0.998162 0.05 0.994979 0.994213 0.99357 0.993011 0.992513 0.075 0.990720 0.989464 0.988393 0.987451 0.986607 0.1 0.985752 0.984115 0.982686 0.981414 0.980264 0.125 0.979867 0.977967 0.976267 0.974729 0.973324 0.15 0.972925 0.970869 0.968985 0.967250 0.965646 0.175 0.964839 0.962715 0.960723 0.958859 0.957115 0.2 0.955562 0.953432 0.951397 0.949464 0.947633 0.225 0.945071 0.942976 0.940947 0.938996 0.937127 0.25 0.933356 0.931324 0.929336 0.927406 0.925540 0.275 0.920411 0.918460 0.916541 0.914662 0.912832 0.3 0.906236 0.904380 0.902547 0.900743 0.898975 0.325 0.890829 0.889079 0.887346 0.885635 0.883951 0.35 0.874192 0.872557 0.870936 0.869332 0.867747 0.375 0.856322 0.854812 0.853314 0.851828 0.850357 0.4 0.837221 0.835846 0.834479 0.833122 0.831776 0.425 0.816889 0.815656 0.814431 0.813212 0.812002 0.45 0.795325 0.794244 0.793169 0.792098 0.791032 0.475 0.772529 0.771610 0.770693 0.769779 0.768867 0.5 0.748502 0.747753 0.747004 0.746255 0.745507 0.525 0.723244 0.722674 0.722102 0.721527 0.720950 0.55 0.696754 0.696372 0.695986 0.695594 0.695197 0.575 0.669032 0.668848 0.668656 0.668456 0.668248 0.6 0.640079 0.640101 0.640112 0.640113 0.640103 0.625 0.609894 0.610132 0.610356 0.610565 0.610761 0.65 0.578478 0.578940 0.579385 0.579813 0.580224 0.675 0.545831 0.546526 0.547201 0.547855 0.548490
  • 7. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 08 | Aug-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 208 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 dx=0.01, dt=0.001, r = 10 X h(X,T) T=0.001 T=0.003 T=0.006 T=0.008 T=0.010 Fig-6: Graph of ( ),h X T at different times for 10r = CONCLUSIONS The Numerical solution of the groundwater infiltration phenomenon given by the expression (8) has been obtained by using Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme. The initial and boundary conditions given in the expression (9) have been used. The graphs show that height of infiltered water mound or height of free surface of infiltered water in unsaturated porous medium is decreasing for different time 0T > . The nature of the curves (figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and tables 1 and 2) reflect that the height of free surface of infiltered water in unsaturated porous medium is decreasing according to the physical phenomenon throughout the domain For the given distance X for different times 0.010, 0.012 ,,T T T= = 0.018 , 0.024T T= = etc., and the solution converges to 0 as X tending to 1.Thus, when water is infiltered through the vertical permeable wall in unsaturated porous medium the height of the free surface steadily and uniformly decreases due to the saturation of infiltered water as time increases. The numerical results are shown. (figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) for the distinct values of the stability ratio, 0.4, 0.5, 0.64, 0.96, 10;r = . In the forward finite difference scheme numerical solution is stable only for ( )2 0.5T X r ∆ ∆ = ≤ , this restriction has been overcome by employing Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme. Hence, we conclude that the Crank-Nicolson finite difference scheme gives numerical solution of the non-linear equation arising in infiltration phenomenon which is consistent with the physical phenomenon which is stable without having any stringent restriction on the stability ratio. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am deeply grateful to the management of Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan, Ahmedabad Kendra, without whose support my research work would not have been possible. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the Offg. Prin. Dr. A. K. Shah for helping and inspiring me for the research work. 0.7 0.511951 0.512889 0.513803 0.514693 0.515560 0.725 0.476841 0.478030 0.479192 0.480326 0.481434 0.75 0.440498 0.441948 0.443367 0.444754 0.446111 0.775 0.402925 0.404644 0.406328 0.407977 0.409591 0.8 0.364119 0.366117 0.368075 0.369994 0.371872 0.825 0.324082 0.326368 0.328607 0.330801 0.332948 0.85 0.282813 0.285393 0.287919 0.290390 0.292806 0.875 0.240311 0.243187 0.245996 0.248736 0.251410 0.9 0.196563 0.199719 0.202784 0.205764 0.208669 0.925 0.151509 0.154868 0.158110 0.161263 0.164357 0.95 0.104808 0.108145 0.111409 0.114660 0.117945 0.975 0.054672 0.057680 0.060951 0.064509 0.068381 1 0 0 0 0 0
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