Drainage of recharge to symmetrically located downstream boundaries with special reference to seepage faces

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 94-103

  Rushton, K R ^a   Youngs, E G ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dupuit Forchheimer analysis; Laplace's equation; Mathematical models; Recharge; Seepage face; Water table

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; DOWNSTREAM BOUNDARY; DRAINAGE PROCESS; DUPUIT-FORCHHEIMER; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; LAPLACE'S EQUATION; LAPLACE'S EQUATIONS; OPEN-DITCH; PERMEABLE REGION; RAILWAY TRACK; SINGLE LAYER; TIME VARIANT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS; VERTICAL SECTION; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROADS; SEEPAGE; SIMULATORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER LEVELS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BASEFLOW; DRAINAGE NETWORK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 71849114722     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.10.026     Document Type: Article

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