A conductivity relationship for steady-state unsaturated flow processes under optimal flow conditions

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 736-740

  Liu, Hui Hai ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; FLOW DOMAINS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL FLOWS; OPTIMAL PRINCIPLES; OPTIMALITY PRINCIPLE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POWER FUNCTIONS; THEORETICAL RESULT; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED SOIL; WATER FLOW SYSTEMS; WATER FLOWS; WATER FLUX;

FLOW OF WATER; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS;

OPTIMIZATION;

FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; GRAVITY FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL WATER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 79960131188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0118     Document Type: Article

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