A seepage face model for the interaction of shallow water tables with the ground surface: Application of the obstacle-type method

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 329, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 258-273

  Beaugendre, H ^a   Ern, A ^b   Esclaffer, T ^c   Gaume, E ^c   Ginzburg, I ^d   Kao, C ^d  

^a INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c Universite Paris Est   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Numerical solutions; Obstacle type model; Richards equation; Seepage face; Water table ground interaction

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEEPAGE;

FINITE ELEMENTS; OBSTACLE-TYPE MODEL; RICHARDS EQUATION; SEEPAGE FACE; WATER TABLE;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEEPAGE;

HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERLAND FLOW; SEEPAGE; SHALLOW WATER; WATER TABLE;

EID: 33748304201     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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