Simulating Groundwater Flow in Fractured Porous Rock Formations Using the Analytic Element Method
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Ivan S. P. Marin∗, Edson Wendland∗ and Otto D. L. Strack† ∗Universidade de São Paulo Hydraulics and Sanitation Department, Engineering School of São Carlos Av. Trabalhador Sãocarlense, 400 CP 359 São Carlos, SP CEP 13566-590 Brazil e-mail: [email protected], web page: http://albatroz.shs.eesc.usp.br/ † Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota 500 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis MN 55455 USA
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