Article Dans Une Revue Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Année : 2023

Mixed formulation for an easy and robust numerical computation of sorptivity

Deniz Yilmaz

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Sorptivity is one of the most important parameters for the quantification of water infiltration into soils. Parlange (1975) proposed a specific formulation to derive sorptivity as a function of the soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity functions, as well as initial and final soil water contents. However, this formulation requires the integration of a function involving hydraulic diffusivity, which may be undefined or present numerical difficulties that cause numerical misestimations. In this study, we propose a mixed formulation that scales sorptivity and splits the integrals into two parts: the first term involves the scaled degree of saturation, while the second involves the scaled water pressure head. The new mixed formulation is shown to be robust and well-suited to any type of hydraulic function – even with infinite hydraulic diffusivity or positive air-entry water pressure heads – and any boundary condition, including infinite initial water pressure head, h→-∞. Lastly, we show the benefits of using the proposed formulation for modeling water into soil with analytical models that use sorptivity.

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hal-04047636 , version 1 (27-03-2023)

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Laurent Lassabatere, Pierre-Emmanuel Peyneau, Deniz Yilmaz, Joseph Pollacco, Jesús Fernández-Gálvez, et al.. Mixed formulation for an easy and robust numerical computation of sorptivity. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2023, 27 (4), pp.895-915. ⟨10.5194/hess-27-895-2023⟩. ⟨hal-04047636⟩
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