Stochastic analysis of transient flow in heterogeneous, variably saturated porous media: The van Genuchten-Mualem constitutive model

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-149

  Lu, Zhiming ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; METHOD OF FINITE DIFFERENCES; PERTURBATION EXPANSIONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MOMENTS; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS; VARIABLY SATURATED FLOW;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 1542629531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1.1.137     Document Type: Article

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