Comparison of numerical techniques used for simulating variable-density flow and transport experiments

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 272-282

  Goswami, Rohit R ^a   Clement, T Prabhakar ^b   Hayworth, Joel H ^b  

^a GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense flows; Density dependent flow; Groundwater; MODFLOW; Numerical methods; SEAWAT; Transport

Indexed keywords

DENSE FLOWS; DENSITY DEPENDENT FLOW; MODFLOW; SEAWAT; TRANSPORT;

EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84858143955     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000428     Document Type: Article

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