FRACTAL DESCRIPTION OF WETTING FRONT INSTABILITY IN LAYERED SOILS

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CHANG, WL [1 ]
BIGGAR, JW [1 ]
NIELSEN, DR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DEPT LAND AIR & WATER RESOURCES,DAVIS,CA 95616
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10.1029/93WR02342
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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Fractal theory was applied to describe fingering structure and to estimate the effective surface tension at the wetting front during infiltration. A scale length of mean pore size was used to estimate the microscopic system length of fingering. After bulk surface tension was replaced by effective surface tension in a linear stability theory, theoretical maximum wavelengths agreed with those of experimental results when fingering developed in quartz sand beneath Oakley sand, but not beneath Yolo clay.
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