Unified macroscopic model for unsaturated water flow in soils of bimodal porosity

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1106-1124

  Szymkiewicz, Adam ^a   Lewandowska, Jolanta ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Double porosity media; Homogenization; Soil heterogeneity; Subsurface flow; Unsaturated zone; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPOROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS;

DOUBLE-POROSITY MEDIA; HOMOGENIZATION; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY RATIO; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNSATURATED ZONE;

FLOW OF WATER;

DIFFUSIVITY; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; POROSITY; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; UNSATURATED FLOW; UPSCALING; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33845307580     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.6.1106     Document Type: Article

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