Capillary fringe and unsaturated flow in a porous reservoir bank

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 403-409

  Kacimov, A R ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Free surfaces; Porous media; Reservoirs; Seepage; Soil suction; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS;

FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; POROUS BANK; POROUS RESERVOIR BANK;

BANK PROTECTION;

BANK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR; UNSATURATED FLOW;

BANK EROSION; CAPILLARITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 8644254257     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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