TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling flow in the unsaturated zone in Shwab dam site area
AU - Imran, H.
AU - Khalifa, E.
PY - 2000/12/1
Y1 - 2000/12/1
N2 - The mass balance equation (Richards' equation) is solved for the flow in unsaturated zone for a dam site at the United Arab Emirates. An iteration scheme is developed to solve the discrete implicit finite difference approximation equations. A long column was built to determine the moisture water content and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity for Shawab dam site and used as an input of the numerical model. The scheme showed good agreement with other numerical models. Finally, the wetting front movement is determined experimentally and compared with numerical model. It is concluded that the numerical model has adequately represented the flow behavior in the unsaturated zone.
AB - The mass balance equation (Richards' equation) is solved for the flow in unsaturated zone for a dam site at the United Arab Emirates. An iteration scheme is developed to solve the discrete implicit finite difference approximation equations. A long column was built to determine the moisture water content and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity for Shawab dam site and used as an input of the numerical model. The scheme showed good agreement with other numerical models. Finally, the wetting front movement is determined experimentally and compared with numerical model. It is concluded that the numerical model has adequately represented the flow behavior in the unsaturated zone.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0034437250
SN - 9058091600
T3 - Geoengineering in arid lands. Developments in arid regions research 1.
SP - 467
EP - 472
BT - Geoengineering in arid lands. Developments in arid regions research 1.
A2 - Mohamed, A.M.O.
A2 - Hosani, K.I.
T2 - 40th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Y2 - 17 September 2000 through 20 September 2000
ER -