Solute Transport along Temporally and Spatially Dependent Flows through Horizontal Semi-Infinite Media: Dispersion Proportional to Square of Velocity
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 16, Issue 3
Abstract
According to the hydrodynamic dispersion theories, the dispersion parameter is proportional to a power of the velocity; the power ranges between 1 and 2. Based on the value , analytical solutions of the dispersion problems along temporally dependent flow domains were obtained in previous works. In the present work, two dispersion problems are addressed for . Using the Laplace transform technique, analytical solutions are obtained for two-dimensional advection-diffusion equations describing the dispersion of pulse-type point source along temporally and spatially dependent flow domains, respectively, through a semi-infinite horizontal isotropic medium. Point sources of a uniform and varying nature are considered. The inhomogeneity of the medium is demonstrated by the linearly interpolated velocity in the space variable. Introduction of new space variables enable one to reduce the advection-diffusion equation in both problems to a one-dimensional equation with constant coefficients. The solutions are graphically shown.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 16 • Issue 3 • March 2011
Pages: 228 - 238
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Received: Jun 13, 2009
Accepted: Aug 30, 2010
Published online: Sep 4, 2010
Published in print: Mar 1, 2011
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