Author(s)

Zhang Cun, Zhang Wenxian, Li Yuqing

Corresponding Author

Zhang Cun

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to simulate the groundwater flow movement using a chaotic dynamical approach. The relationship between the actual flow velocity and the mean velocity was described using a random cascade model with branching number of 2. Results showed that the heterogeneous groundwater flow movement meets the criteria of a nonlinear dynamic system. The use of nonlinear dynamic method improved the accuracy of predicting groundwater flow process using convectional volume averaged Darcy’s law.

KEYWORDS

chaotic dynamical approach, groundwater flow, numerical simulation, heterogeneous aquifer.