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Solute Movement in Structured Soils: Two‐Region Model with Small Interaction
Author(s) -
Skopp J.,
Gardner W.R.,
Tyler E.J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1981.03615995004500050002x
Subject(s) - porosity , soil water , dispersion (optics) , coefficient matrix , perturbation (astronomy) , matrix (chemical analysis) , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , mathematics , soil science , physics , geology , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , optics , chromatography , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , quantum mechanics
A theory of solute movement is presented for those soils where the liquid‐filled pores can be partitioned into two distinct pore size classes. One region represents macro‐ or interaggregate porosity, and the other represents matrix or intraaggregate porosity. The regions may differ in dispersion coefficient, porosity, and flow velocity. In addition, an interaction coefficient characterizes the linear transfer between regions. A regular perturbation method is used to solve the model equations for small interaction coefficients. It is shown that if the interaction coefficient is large, the model approaches the classical dispersion equation. Esitmates of the interaction and its dependence on flow rate are presented along with the influence of interaction on the shape of the breakthrough curves.