Nonlinear numerical simulation of rainwater infiltration through road embankments by FEM

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1843-1852

  Norambuena Contreras, J ^a   Arbat, G ^b   Garcia Nieto P J ^c   Castro Fresno, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Unsaturated flow; Water content; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; HYDRAULIC MATERIAL; NONLINEAR NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RICHARDS' EQUATION; ROAD EMBANKMENTS; ROAD STRUCTURES; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; UNSATURATED CONDITION; UNSATURATED FLOWS; WATER INFILTRATION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBANKMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SHOULDERS (ROAD); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 84867578460     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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