On the accuracy of classic numerical schemes for modeling flow in saturated heterogeneous formations

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-55

  Cainelli, Oscar ^a   Bellin, Alberto ^a   Putti, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Groundwater flow; Heterogeneus conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CELL; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; FINITE VOLUME; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FLOW EQUATIONS; GAUSSIANS; HARMONIC MEAN; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; HIGH CONTRAST; MASS CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POSTERIORI; SECOND-ORDER SOLUTIONS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; VELOCITY FIELD;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; REFRACTION; VELOCITY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 84864779346     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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