Effective Radius and Underpressure of an Air Extraction Well in a Heterogeneous Porous Medium

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-340

  Schumacher, Stephan ^a   Slodička, Marían ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Effective radius; Mixed nonconforming method; Soil venting

Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; VAPORS;

AIR EXTRACTION WELLS; DARCY'S LAW; SOIL VENTING;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

AIR FLOW; EXTRACTION; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE;

CONTAMINATED LAND; REMEDIATION METHOD; SOIL VENTING;

EID: 0031420916     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006598132143     Document Type: Article

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