Steady water flow through unsaturated aggregated porous materials

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-159

  Youngs, E G ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Spherical aggregates; Steady water flow; Unsaturated aggregated porous materials

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION;

DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; UNSATURATED AGGREGATED POROUS MATERIALS;

STEADY FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE TENSION;

DIATOMITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SPHERE; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER FLOW;

EID: 38649118565     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9116-5     Document Type: Article

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