Finite element analysis of pollutant transport in water-saturated soil

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-251

  Nithiarasu, P ^a,b   Seetharamu, K N ^a,c   Sundararajan, T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Mass transfer; Pollutant; Saturated porous medium; Semi implicit method; Velocity correction

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

POLLUTANTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL;

EID: 0032029666     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199803)14:3<241::AID-CNM143>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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