A set of analytical benchmarks to test numerical models of flow and transport in soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 206-221

  Vanderborght, J ^a   Kasteel, R ^a   Herbst, M ^b   Javaux, M ^a   Thiery D ^c   Vanclooster, M ^b   Mouvet, C ^c   Vereecken, H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

COUPLED TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; INITIAL AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; NATURAL BOUNDARY CONDITION; NON-EQUILIBRIUM SORPTION; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 33746181469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/4.1.206     Document Type: Article

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