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accurate representation of hydrologic features' geometry across the entire domain. The flexibility of analytic element models allows for easy adjustments in model construction, enabling expansion or refinement without altering boundary conditions or redesigning the computational grid. This adaptability is crucial for stepwise modeling approaches, where simpler models guide initial project phases and gradually evolve into more complex representations as more data and insights become available . The absence of grids in AEM also makes this method ideal for examining the impact of grids on simulations of various hydrologic factors, including simulation of groundwater heads, water budgets, pathlines , residence times in watersheds , and aquifer remediation . The grid-free nature of AnAqSim and other AEM programs also means that they are particularly well-suited to working directly and quickly with vector-based
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functions, or “elements”, used to define the system of interest. The superposition of mathematical functions is an old concept; however, the idea to apply superposition of a large number of functions with the aid of a computer to problems in hydrogeology was founded by Otto Strack in the late 1970’s . Strack’s original application of AEM to hydrogeology involved modelling the environmental impact of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . Since Strack’s original application, the method has been continuously developed and improved through the contributions of many researchers .
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and interdomain. Fitts later added storage terms and transience using the same SVAS functions as are used for vertical leakage between layers. For the transient term, Fitts used finite difference time steps. Such approximations are also employed by MODFLOW and other numerical modeling programs. These advances give
Anaqsim the accuracy, minimal inputs and other benefits of AEM, but with comprehensive capabilities for anisotropy, multi-layer systems, and transient flow.
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instead of one infinite domain . Using this approach, each subdomain has its own mathematical model and can have its own direction and ratio of anisotropy, making for very robust anisotropy capabilities. A subdomain approach has been used with boundary element methods, which are like AEM but use numerical integrations along boundary elements instead of analytic solutions .
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within a system using analytical solutions to governing equations. This makes AnAqSim a quick and flexible method for simulating 3-dimensional, transient, heterogeneous, and anisotropic groundwater systems. AnAqSim was originally developed by Dr. Charles Fitts and first released in 2011. It has been continuously updated since its release.
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position in the plane using radial basis functions. SVAS functions create a smooth, irregular surface of sink strength that passes through any number of basis points where the strength is set. The radial basis functions used in SVAS were first employed in 1971 by others to interpolate smooth topographic surfaces from point elevation data .
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Early applications of AEM were limited to 2D steady state flow. However, Charles Fitts identified a significant conceptual breakthrough when the concept of spatially variable area sinks (SVAS) was published in 1999. These SVAS are 2D functions with a sink term whose strength (rate) varies with
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AnAqSim’s solution method, AEM, is a mathematical technique used in many fields of science and engineering, including studies of flow and conduction, periodic waves, and deformation by force . The principal concept of the AEM is “superposition”, which involves summing the effects of many mathematical
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Fitts also developed capabilities for modeling anisotropy in the plane of the domain, using some classic coordinate transformations and newer coordinate transformations. Concurrently, he also worked on a subdomain approach in AEM where the model layer could be divided into separate finite subdomains
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AnAqSim (Analytic
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Due to their simplicity and capacity to handle realistic properties and geometries, AnAqSim and other AEM-based models find common use in rapid hydrologic analyses and screening models. The method offers practical advantages, such as flexible boundary conditions and the absence of a grid, ensuring
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Analytic Domains: A New Technique for Groundwater Flow Modeling in Layered, Anisotropic, and Heterogeneous Aquifer Systems, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
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