M. Kolahdoozan - Civil Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology
H. M. V. Samani - Civil Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

In this study, the general partial differential equation of unsteady groundwater flow through non-homogeneous and anisotropic aquifer was solved by the fully implicit finite difference method with control volume approach. The calibration of permeability and storage coefficients as model parameters was performed by a transformation technique and application of Powell's non-linear optimization method. The developed model has been found efficient in terms of convergence and accuracy. Capability of the model, has also been demonstrated by being applied to a real aquifer.  

Nonhomogeneous, Anstoropic, aquifer, Transmissivity, storage coefficient, optimization, Objective Function, Constraint, Claibration, Control Volume Approach