Settlement of soil due to water uptake by plant roots

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1349-1357

  Mathur, Shashi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Extraction function; Finite element; Settlement; Transpiration; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POROSITY; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; STRESSES; TRANSPIRATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

EXTRACTION FUNCTION; PLANT ROOTS; WATER UPTAKE;

SOILS;

GROUND SETTLEMENT; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; ROOT; VEGETATION;

EID: 0033212775     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9853(199910)23:12<1349::AID-NAG36>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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