Multiple-porosity contaminant transport by finite-element method

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-34

  El Zein, Abbas H ^a   Carter, John P ^a   Airey, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Finite element method; Laplace transform; Porosity; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DIFFUSION; GALERKIN METHODS; IMPURITIES; POROSITY; SOILS;

ADVECTION; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FISSURES; SOIL BLOCKS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROSITY; REPOSITORY;

EID: 14644404336     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2005)5:1(24)     Document Type: Article

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