A Geometrical Pore Model for Estimating the Microscopical Pore Geometry of Soil with Infiltration Measurements

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-219

  Hammecker, C ^a   Barbiero L ^a   Boivin, P ^a,b   Maeght, J L ^a   Diaw, E H B ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Ecl Superieure Polytechnique   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Disc infiltrometer; Gravity flow; Pore size; Sorptivity; Unsaturated soil hydraulic parameters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE SIZE;

SOIL SORPTIVITY;

POROSITY;

INFILTRATION; PORE PRESSURE; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL;

GEOMETRY; INFILTRATION; PORE SPACE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0742288494     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026328706869     Document Type: Article

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