New class of solutions for water infiltration problems in unsaturated soils

Geomechanics and Geoengineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-135

  Omidvar, M ^a   Barari, A ^b   Momeni, M ^b   Ganji, D ^b  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Differential transform method; Homotopy perturbation method; Richards equation; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; RICHARDS EQUATION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 77953654682     PISSN: 17486025     EISSN: 17486033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17486020903294333     Document Type: Article

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