Comparison of the single-phase and two-phase numerical model formulation for saturated-unsaturated groundwater flow (Q1094993)
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Comparison of the single-phase and two-phase numerical model formulation for saturated-unsaturated groundwater flow (English)
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1988
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Two numerical methods are developed for transient saturated-unsaturated two-dimensional groundwater flow. One formulation uses the usual single- phase formulation with a passive air phase at constant pressure. The second model uses a full two-phase air-water formulation. The numerical results for both formulations are compared on some test problems. In some cases, the single-phase formulation and the two-phase formulations give greatly different results. This can be explained in terms of the fractional flow curve for the air-water system. The single-phase technique generally requires less computational work than the two-phase formulation, although there are some situations where the numerical performance of the single-phase formulation is very poor.
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transient saturated-unsaturated two-dimensional ground-water flow
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single-phase formulation with a passive air phase
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two-phase air-water formulation
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dam seepage problem
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