Stochastic analysis of water flow in heterogeneous media

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-322

  Yang, Jin Zhong ^a   Wang, Wei Ping ^a   Cai, Shu Ying ^a   Li, Shao Long ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Karhunen Loeve (KL) expansion; Perturbation method; Saturated unsaturated flow; Stochastic numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROSITY; PRESSURE; RANDOM PROCESSES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS;

KARHUNEN LOEVE (KL) EXPANSION; PERTURBATION METHOD; SATURATED UNSATURATED FLOW; STOCHASTIC NUMERICAL MODELING;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 22844449803     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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