DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD FOR STEADY-STATE RICHARDS EQUATION

J.-B. Clément, M. Ersoy, F. Golay, D. Sous
2019 Topical Problems of Fluid Mechanics 2019   unpublished
This work is devoted to the numerical simulation of flows in partially saturated porous media. We describe the Richards equation governing the subsurface flow and discuss its range of applicability. A discontinuous Galerkin formulation is used to approximate the steady-state Richards equation. To this end, we present the mathematical framework and a procedure for solving the nonlinear equation. Numerical tests are carried out to highlight properties of the discontinuous Galerkin method and a
more » ... t case is compared to experimental data to validate the model.
doi:10.14311/tpfm.2019.008 fatcat:wzpraxt2brfajmneejjxc4ylgq