A Study of Three-dimensional Preferential Flow Using Web-based Simulation System

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2003

Publication Title

Computational Science and Its Applications — ICCSA 2003

Abstract

Results of computational experiments using a web-based three-dimensional multi-reaction transport simulation model, modified to include macroporosity, are presented. Two types of soil column experiments are simulated: one in which the soil matrix is devoid of macropores and the other in which preferential flow occurs through randomly positioned cells that simulate preferential paths. The advection-dispersion equation is solved in both environments for two different input load concentration cases at the top of the simulated soil column: one-point-source and two-point-source. It is found that the vertical Darcy fluxes in the simulated soil matrix with macropores are up to four times as high as those in the corresponding homogeneous soil column.

Comments

Book Subtitle: International Conference Montreal, Canada, May 18–21, 2003 Proceedings, Part I

Original Citation

Alarcon, V., Zeng, H., Kingery, W., Selim, H. M., and Zhu, J. (2003), A study of three-dimensional preferential flow using web-based simulation system, in Computational Science and Its Applications, Kumar et al. Eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS Vol. 2667, 539 - 548, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

DOI

10.1007/3-540-44839-X_58

Volume

2267

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