Banks, D. (2015) Horatio Scott Carslaw and the origins of the well function and line source heat function. Scottish Journal of Geology, 51(1), pp. 100-104. (doi: 10.1144/sjg2014-021)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/sjg2014-021
Abstract
Horatio Scott Carslaw was a key figure in the development of the mathematical tools that are now used by thermogeologists and hydrogeologists. Carslaw was a student of Lord Kelvin at the University of Glasgow, and can be regarded as a link between Kelvin’s application of Fourier’s mathematics to geological problems and our present practitioners. Charles Vernon Theis and Clarence Lubin cited Carslaw’s mathematics as a key influence in the development of the Theis well function. Carslaw’s protégé, John Conrad Jaeger, took Carslaw’s mathematics firmly into the geological realm. This paper examines Carslaw’s wide-reaching influence and the development of the line source ‘exponential integral’ function, noting the contributions made by other scientists, including Kelvin, Whitehead and Lord Rayleigh.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Banks, Mr David |
Authors: | Banks, D. |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QE Geology |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy |
Journal Name: | Scottish Journal of Geology |
Publisher: | Geological Society Publishing House |
ISSN: | 0036-9276 |
ISSN (Online): | 2041-4951 |
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