A Fundamental Solution Method for Modeling Thin Geological Barriers

Abstract

An adaptation of the fundamental solution method(MFS) is developed for potential flow in the presence of barriers. Singularities produced by such objects are expressed analytically through the complex variables techniques, and the resultant singular solution is coupled with the MFS. this can be done by the semianalytical nature of the MFS. The numerical results for sample problems confirm that the proposed model is an inexpensive, accurate and reliable alternative for computing streamline distributions in two dimensional reservoirs.