An Approximate Solution for Fluid Infiltration near a Circular Opening in Unsaturated Media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-132

  Wang, Yarlong ^a   Van Kruijsdijk, Cor ^b  

^a GEOTECH LTD   (Canada)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cylindrical wellbore; Perturbation solution; Unsaturated infiltration

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUIDS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

CYLINDRICAL WELLBORE; UNSATURATED INFILTRATION;

INFILTRATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; INFILTRATION; POROUS MEDIA;

BOREHOLE; DIFFUSION EQUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID FLOW; INFILTRATION; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 2342644827     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006540629240     Document Type: Article

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