Abstract
The Richards equation is widely used as a model for the flow of water in unsaturated soils. For modelling one-dimensional flow in a homogeneous soil, this equation can be cast in the form of a specific nonlinear partial differential equation with a time derivative and one spatial derivative. This paper is a survey of recent progress in the pure mathematical analysis of this last equation. The emphasis is on the interpretation of the results of the analysis. These are explained in terms of the qualitative behaviour of the flow of water in an unsaturated soil which is described by the Richards equation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 651-656 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Transport in porous media |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1991 |
Keywords
- advection
- Partial differential equation
- unsaturated soils
- wetting-fronts
- qualitative behaviour
- IR-85880
- Fokker-Planck
- Diffusion
- Non-linear
- METIS-140651
- Mathematical analysis