Unsteady unsaturated flow from a surface disc source

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 154-161

  Bhatnagar, P R ^a   Chauhan, H S ^b   Srivastava, V K ^b  

^a VPKAS   (India)

^b G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Disc source; Oblate spheroidal coordinates; Soil water movement; Three dimensional flow; Trickle irrigation; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WETTING;

DISC SOURCE; OBLATE SPHEROIDAL COORDINATES; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; TRICKLE IRRIGATION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SURFACE DISC SOURCE; UNSATURATED FLOW; WETTING PATTERN;

EID: 0031593018     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00099-1     Document Type: Article

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