Numerical modelling of tree root-water-uptake in a multiphase medium

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering - Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 785-790

  Hemmati, S ^a   Gatmiri, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS;

FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; MULTI-PHASE MEDIUM; POTENTIAL TRANSPIRATION; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; UNSATURATED EXPANSIVE SOILS; WATER EXTRACTION;

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EID: 70649114813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203884430.ch107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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