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Discussion of “Application of a Nonstandard Explicit Integration to Solve Green and Ampt Infiltration Equation” by D. R. Mailapalli, W. W. Wallender, R. Singh, and N. S. Raghuwanshi

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D. A. Barry [email protected]
Prof., Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Faculté de l’environnement naturel, architectural et construit, Institut d’ingénierie de l’environnement, Laboratoire de technologie écologique, Station no. 2, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected]
J.-Y. Parlange [email protected]
Prof., Dept. of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, New York 14853-5701. E-mail: [email protected]
R. Bakhtyar [email protected]
Postdoctoral Researcher, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Faculté de l’environnement naturel, architectural et construit, Institut d’ingénierie de l’environnement, Laboratoire de technologie écologique, Station no. 2, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected]

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