//example 5.14 //calculate formation constant of acquifer using Jacob's method clc;funcprot(0); //given Q=2500; //discharge(l/min) r=60; //distance of observation well from acquifer tmin=[1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 18 24 30 40 50 60 80 100 120 150 180 210 240]; //time in minutes s=[0.2 0.26 0.3 0.33 0.36 0.41 0.45 0.48 0.53 0.56 0.59 0.62 0.66 0.71 0.75 0.80 0.83 0.86 0.91 0.95 0.98 1.03 1.05 1.08 1.10]; //drawdown for i=1:25 tday(i)=tmin(i)/(60*24); end //from the graph between s and t we get ds=0.38; Q=3600; //discharge in cumec/day T=2.303*Q/(4*%pi*ds); //extending the straight line we get to=0.00024; S=2.25*T*to/r^2; mprintf("formation constant of acquifer:"); mprintf("\nT=%i cubic metre/day/m.\nS=%f.",T,S);