Spreadsheet Solutions To Laplace's Equation: Seepage And Flow Net

Abstract

There has been an increasing interest in applying the electronic spreadsheets, traditionally used for the financial and accounting purposes, to solve complex engineering problems. This paper aims to describe the application of spreadsheets to solve the finite difference to Laplace's equation. The simple form of finite difference method also known as the relaxation method will be used for seepage analysis.The spreadsheet program used for this study was chosen based on the power, flexibility and the versatility of this package in various computing environments. Nevertheless any other spreadsheet programs can also perform the same task with varying levels of user friendliness. Keywords: Spreadsheet modelling, flow net, seepage, finite difference method