Determination of unsaturated hydraulic properties using drainage gravity test and particle swarm optimization algorithm

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1025-1034

  Lazrag, T ^a,b   Kacem, M ^a   Dubujet, Ph ^a   Sghaier, J ^b   Bellagi, A ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Inverse analysis; Multi step outflow experiments; Particle swarm optimization; Soil hydraulic properties; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

INVERSE ANALYSIS; MULTI-STEP OUTFLOW EXPERIMENTS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA; UNSATURATED SOIL; VAN GENUCHTEN-MUALEM MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); POROUS MATERIALS; TESTING;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 84887829554     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v16.i11.50     Document Type: Article

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