scholarly journals Theory and numerical modeling of electrical self-potential signatures of unsaturated flow in melting snow

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kulessa ◽  
D. Chandler ◽  
A. Revil ◽  
R. Essery
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Unsaturated Flow ◽  
Melting Snow ◽  
Self Potential

Numerical Modeling of Marine Self-Potential from a Seafloor Hydrothermal Ore Deposit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Xie ◽  
Yi-an Cui ◽  
Meryem Fanidi ◽  
Lijuan Zhang ◽  
Youjun Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Ore Deposit ◽  
Self Potential

Physical and numerical study of lateral diversion by three-layer inclined capillary barrier covers under humid climatic conditions

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 1438-1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony L.T. Zhan ◽  
He Li ◽  
G.W. Jia ◽  
Y.M. Chen ◽  
D.G. Fredlund
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Physical Modeling ◽  
Heavy Rainfall ◽  
Unsaturated Flow ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Effective Length ◽  
Capillary Barrier ◽  
Lateral Diversion

Southern China has a humid climate and often receives rainfalls that are of high intensity and (or) long duration. This paper investigates the performance of an inclined three-layer cover with capillary barrier effect (CCBE) comprising silt, sand, and gravel, for usage under humid climatic conditions. Physical modeling tests were carried out to observe the response of the three-layer CCBE system to a continuous heavy rainfall of about 70 mm/h. The layered cover model, housed in a 2 m long and 1 m wide instrumented box, is made up of 0.2 m thick silt, 0.1 m thick sand, and 0.1 m thick gravel, and the inclination of the model is 1V:3H. The movement of wetting front, changes in soil suction, and the primary components of water balance were measured during the operation of the physical models. The experimental data was used to calibrate the hydraulic parameters of the numerical model using the unsaturated flow software, SVFlux. Numerical modeling was subsequently carried out on a 60 m long inclined CCBE system to investigate the effective length of lateral diversion under prolonged rainfall. The main findings of the experimental and numerical studies are as follows: (i) the physical model tests showed that the response of the three-layer CCBE system to a heavy rainfall of 70 mm/h was different from the previous observations on experiments where the rainfall was less than 1.6 mm/h; (ii) correlation between the physical modeling and the numerical modeling indicated anisotropic behavior with respect to the hydraulic conductivity in the unsaturated sand layer; (iii) the long inclined, three-layer CCBE system (i.e., 0.6 m thick silt, 0.2 m thick sand, and 0.2 m thick gravel) had an effective length of lateral diversion over 10 m for 30 days of prolonged rainfall (i.e., 1080 mm in total).

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