The role of capillary forces in steady-state and transient seepage flows

Ground Water

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-415

  Naba, Bassem ^a   Boufadel, Michel C ^a   Weaver, James ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; WATER LEVELS;

TRANSIENT WATER TABLE;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; SEEPAGE;

CAPILLARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SEEPAGE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

DIFFUSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035987360     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2002.tb02519.x     Document Type: Article

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