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We consider the compressible steady state air flow in a porous medium caused by an extraction well and governed by Darcy's law. For a homogeneous soil matrix we have derived formulas (in 2-D and 3-D) to determine the effective radius of a single well depending on the well position and the depth of the domain. For inhomogeneous case (in 2-D) the influence of the heterogeneity, well position and the depth of the water table on the effective radius and on the pressure at the well is studied.
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Schumacher, S., Slodiĉka, M. Effective Radius and Underpressure of an Air Extraction Well in a Heterogeneous Porous Medium. Transport in Porous Media 29, 323–340 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006598132143
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