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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437952003321

Autore

Szymkiewicz Adam

Titolo

Modelling water flow in unsaturated porous media : accounting for nonlinear permeability and material heterogeneity / / Adam Szymkiewicz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-91032-2

3-642-23559-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

GeoPlanet : earth and planetary sciences, , 2190-5193

Disciplina

551.48

Soggetti

Groundwater flow - Mathematical models

Porous materials - Permeability - Mathematical models

Transport theory - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Mathematical Models of Flow in Porous Media -- Numerical Solution of Flow Equations -- Computation of Inter-Nodal Permeabilities for Richards Equation -- Upscaling from Darcy Scale to Field Scale -- Flow in Binary Media with Heterogenous Hydraulic Diffusivity -- Flow in Binary Media with Heterogenous Air-Entry Pressure.

Sommario/riassunto

The book focuses on two issues related to mathematical and numerical modelling of flow in unsaturated porous media. In the first part numerical solution of the governing equations is discussed, with particular emphasis on the spatial discretization of highly nonlinear permeability coefficient. The second part deals with large scale flow in heterogeneous porous media of binary structure. Upscaled models are developed and it is shown that the presence of material heterogeneities may give rise to additional non-equilibrium terms in the governing equations or to hysteresis in the averaged constitutive relationships.