A finite element solution for the fractional advection-dispersion equation

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1578-1589

  Huang, Quanzhong ^a   Huang, Guanhua ^a   Zhan, Hongbin ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caputo derivative; Finite element method; Fractional advection dispersion equation; Non Fickian dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSION (WAVES); GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ATRAZINE; BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; CAPUTO DERIVATIVE; DISPERSION EQUATIONS; FEM SOLUTIONS; FICKIAN BEHAVIORS; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FRACTIONAL ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; FRACTIONAL ORDERS; LOCAL DISPERSIONS; NON-FICKIAN DISPERSION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; SATURATED SOILS; SKEWNESS PARAMETERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL DOMAINS; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; UNCONDITIONALLY STABLES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOIL COLUMN; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 55649099424     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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