Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1993

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Su, Tsung-Chow

Abstract

This thesis addresses the groundwater contamination problem from a probabilistic point of view. The objective of this study is to obtain analytical solutions for the backward type Kolmogorov equations governing certain crucial variables in the case of a two-dimensional medium. These include the rate at which pollutants enter the protected zone and the length of time that a pollutant particle takes to travel from a given location to the boundary of the protected zone. It is assumed that the groundwater flow is horizontal and uniform, and that a protected zone is located downstream. Analytical solutions are obtained by using the techniques of Laplace transform and separation of variables. Numerical results are given for two cases, one with flow coming from a boundary which is imperious to the pollutant, and another with flow coming from infinity.

Extent

62 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1993.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT14980

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