Quantitative network model predictions of saturation behind infiltration fronts and comparison with experiments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  DiCarlo, David A ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

INFILTRATION FLUX; INFILTRATION FRONTS; NETWORK MODEL; PORE SCALE MODELING;

INFILTRATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33748087126     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004750     Document Type: Article

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