A fully coupled heat and mass transfer model incorporating contaminant gas transfer in an unsaturated porous medium

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-87

  Thomas, H R ^a   Ferguson, W J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; HEAT TRANSFER; LANDFILL LININGS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PORE PRESSURE; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DARCY'S LAW; ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATION; FICK'S LAW; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 0033041072     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-352X(98)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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