Dupuit-forchheimer analyses of steady-state water-table heights due to accretion in drained lands overlying undulating sloping impermeable beds

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-473

  Youngs, E G ^a   Rushton, K R ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage; Numerical models; Slopes; Water table

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION RATE; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DRAINAGE DITCHES; DUPUIT-FORCHHEIMER; FLOW PROBLEMS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ONEDIMENSIONAL FLOW; SLOPES; WATER TABLE; WATER TABLES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AQUIFERS;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 68049110513     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000096     Document Type: Article

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