Intermediate asymptotics for Richards' equation in a finite layer
Published
Journal Article
Perturbation methods are applied to study an initial-boundary-value problem for Richards' equation, describing vertical infiltration of water into a finite layer of soil. This problem for the degenerate diffusion equation with convection and Dirichlet/Robin boundary conditions exhibits several different regimes of behavior. Boundary-layer analysis and short-time asymptotics are used to describe the structure of similarity solutions, traveling waves, and other solution states and the transitions connecting these different intermediate asymptotic regimes.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Witelski, TP
Published Date
- April 1, 2003
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 45 / 3-4
Start / End Page
- 379 - 399
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0022-0833
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1023/A:1022609020200
Citation Source
- Scopus