Comparison of conductivity averaging methods for one-dimensional unsaturated flow in layered soils

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1012-1025

  Szymkiewicz, A ^a   Helmig, R ^b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internodal conductivity; Layered soil; Richards' equation

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT NODES; ARITHMETIC AVERAGING; AVERAGING METHOD; CELL-CENTERED APPROACHES; COMPLEX SCHEMES; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; COMPUTATIONAL NODES; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; HOMOGENEOUS SOIL; INTERNODAL CONDUCTIVITY; LAYERED SOILS; LOCAL SOLUTION; MATERIAL INTERFACES; NEIGHBORING NODES; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RICHARDS' EQUATION; SECOND GROUP; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; TEST CASE; UNSATURATED FLOWS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAYERED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RICHARDS EQUATION; STEADY FLOW; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 79960226554     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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