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Linearised evaporation from a soil of finite depth above a water table

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

V. T. Buchwald  and
F. Viera
V. T. Buchwald
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, Current address: School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
F. Viera
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006.
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The quasi-linear infiltration problem of flow from a semi-infinite wetted region on a soil of finite depth above a horizontal water table is considered in the presence of linearised evaporative loss away from the region. The resulting equations are solved by the Wiener-Hopf technique in terms of certain infinite products. Expressions for the porosity and stream function are derived, and appropriately plotted throughout the layer.

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Research Article
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The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , April 1998 , pp. 557 - 576
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1998

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