Interaction of a Wetting Front with an Impervious Wall – a New Superposition Method for the Boussinesq Equation

Author: Hogarth W.L.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0169-3913

Source: Transport in Porous Media, Vol.49, Iss.1, 2002-10, pp. : 1-8

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Abstract

The interaction of the wetting front, described by the Boussinesq equation, with an impervious wall is considered using a superposition principle. A number of approximate solutions are compared with the numerical solution of the Boussinesq equation. The results show that the superposition approach provides an excellent method for obtaining an approximate solution.