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Figure 5. Pumping test: (a) convergence of the numerical flowrate. (b) numerical error.
Figure 6. Pumping test: convergence of the hydraulic
head at r = 20.15 m.
Figure 7. Numerical convergence for the pumped flow
rate with two meshing methods, one with equal size, the
other with progressive meshing.
