Free surface groundwater flow solution using boundary collocation methods

Abstract

In this paper, two meshless numerical algorithms are developed for the solution of two-dimensional steady-state diffusion equation that describes the stationary groundwater flow. The proposed numerical methods, which are truly meshless, quadrature-free and boundary only, are based on the method of fundamental solutions and singular boundary method respectively. The diffusion equation is transformed into a Poisson-type equation with a known fundamental solution. Numerical examples with moving boundary are presented and compared to the solutions obtained by the finite element method.