Eecient and Robust Numerical Modeling of Variably Saturated Ow in Layered Porous Media
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We extend our recent work on higher-order time integration of Richards' equation to layered heterogeneous porous media, using a diierential-algebraic-equation-based method of lines (DAE/MOL) approach. We show that the DAE/MOL approach is robust and eecient compared to standard low-order time integration methods for heterogeneous media. We also show the advantage of using an integral representation of permeability compared to a standard arithmetic mean for the test problems considered herein.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007