A note on benchmarking of numerical models for density dependent flow in porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1918-1923

  Ataie Ashtiani, B ^a   Aghayi, M M ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benchmark problem; Density dependent flow; Groundwater; Horton Rogers Lapwood problem; Numerical model; Porous media; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK PROBLEM; DENSITY DEPENDENT FLOW; HORTON-ROGERS-LAPWOOD PROBLEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

BENCHMARKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BENCHMARKING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 33750018626     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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