Accurate and economical solution of the pressure-head form of Richards' equation by the method of lines

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Tocci, Michael D ^a   Kelley, C T ^a   Miller, Cass T ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE DROP;

METHOD OF LINES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031079742     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(96)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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