A process-based reactive hybrid transport model for coupled discrete conduit-continuum systems

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-34

  Spiessl, Sabine M ^a,b   Prommer, Henning ^c   Licha, Tobias ^a   Sauter, Martin ^a   Zheng, Chunmiao ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GESELLSCHAFT FÜR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT GRS MBH   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled conduit matrix model; Discrete conduit network; Numerical simulation; Pipe network formulation; Reactive transport; RUMT3D

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

COUPLED CONDUIT-MATRIX MODEL; DISCRETE CONDUIT NETWORK; PIPE NETWORK FORMULATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

PIPE FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PIPE FLOW;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BOREHOLE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FRACTURE NETWORK; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KARST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION;

EID: 35748965020     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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