Infiltration from supply at constant water content: An integrable model

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-206

  Broadbridge, P ^a   Triadis, D ^a   Hill, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Integrable model; Kummer functions; Series methods; Similarity solutions

Indexed keywords

FORMAL SERIES; FREE BOUNDARIES; INTEGRABLE MODEL; KUMMER FUNCTIONS; LINEAR DIFFUSIONS; NONLINEAR BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; RICHARDS' EQUATIONS; SERIES METHODS; SIMILARITY SOLUTIONS; SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS; TIME DEPENDENTS; UNIDIMENSIONAL FLOWS; UNSATURATED SOILS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER CONTENT;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

EID: 67349194664     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: 15732703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-009-9280-4     Document Type: Article

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