Abstract
A heat transport model that accounts the effects of groundwater flow was developed to investigate the seasonal changes of temperature distribution patterns and heat flux in Sendai plain. One hour groundwater temperatures up to the depth of 50-60 m and water levels at different aquifer levels were measured in three observation wells. Three dimensional groundwater flows were simulated by means of the MODFLOW numerical code. Observed and simulated water levels were matched with the Domenico and Palciauskas s analytical solution for the simultaneous transfer of heat and groundwater to obtain the corresponding temperature distribution. These results were interpreted from the observed temperature records at different aquifer levels. 47.5 mW/m of maximum vertical heat flux was estimated near to the Nanakita river and it also noticed about 17% heat flux change during two extreme precipitation events of simulation time.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of 16th IAHR-APD Congress and 3rd Symposium of IAHR-ISHS |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg |
| Pages | 194-198 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783540894643 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| Event | 16th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, APD 2008 and the 3rd IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, ISHS 2008 - Nanjing, China Duration: Oct 20 2008 → Oct 23 2008 |
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| Other | 16th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, APD 2008 and the 3rd IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, ISHS 2008 |
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| Country | China |
| City | Nanjing |
| Period | 10/20/08 → 10/23/08 |
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Keywords
- Groundwater
- Heat flux
- MODFLOW
- Seasonal change
- Sendai plain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
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Seasonal change of groundwater flow and its effect on temperature distribution in Sendai plain. / Gunawardhana, Luminda; So, Kazama; Masaki, Sawamoto.
Advances in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of 16th IAHR-APD Congress and 3rd Symposium of IAHR-ISHS. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. p. 194-198.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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