Calculating effective conductivity of heterogeneous soils by homogenization

Archives of Hydroengineering and Environmental Mechanics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-130

  Szymkiewicz, Adam ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Effective conductivity; Groundwater flow; Homogenization; Soil heterogeneity; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; UPSCALING;

EID: 23044452226     PISSN: 12313726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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