Derivation of a Sharp-Diffuse Interfaces Model for Seawater Intrusion in a Free Aquifer. Numerical Simulations
C. Choquet, M. M. Diédhiou, C. Rosier
Source abstract
We derive a new model for seawater intrusion phenomena in free aquifers. It combines the efficiency of the sharp interface approach with the physical realism of the diffuse interface one. More precisely, a phase field is used as an intermediate variable for including the exchanges between the characteristic layers of the aquifer (salt water, fresh water, unsaturated zone). The three-dimensional problem is reduced to a two-dimensional model involving a strongly coupled system of PDEs of parabolic type describing the evolution of the depths of the two free surfaces. The model is discretized by finite elements in space and by a semi-implicit Euler method in time. Numerical simulations present some physical predictions from the model.
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