Applied numerical modeling of saturated / unsaturated flow and ...

List of abbreviations and mathematical symbols
a empirical sorption constant [-]
b empirical sorption constant [-]
C concentration [M L -3 ]
C0 equilibrium concentration [M L -3 ]
Cl liquid phase concentration [M L -3 ]
Cs solid phase concentration [M M -1 ]
Corg soil organic carbon content [%]
Cw(�) water capacity function
D tensor of hydrodynamic dispersion
[L² T -1 ]
Da aqueous molecular diffusion
coefficient [L² T -1 ]
Dae effective diffusion coefficient [L² T -1 ]
Dap apparent diffusion coefficient [L² T -1 ]
De tensor of effective hydrodynamic
dispersion [L² T -1 ]
Dm tensor of mechanical dispersion
[L² T -1 ]
DW demolition waste
FE finite element
FEM finite element method
g travel time probability density
function
h hydraulic head [L]
h´ erroneous head measurement [L]
I identity tensor
IC inhibition concentration [M L -3 ]
K tensor of hydraulic conductivity
[L T -1 ]
kmax maximum degradation rate
[M L -3 T -1 ]
l pore connectivity parameter [-]
m empirical Van Genuchten
parameter [-]
MC half-saturation concentration [M L -3 ]
MM Michaelis-Menten
n empirical Van Genuchten
parameter [-]
OOP object-oriented programming
PDE partial differential equation
pdf probability density function
Q source or sink term [M L -3 T -1 ]
r radial distance [L]
REV representative elementary volume
S specific storativity [L -1 ]
Sr relative saturation [-]
t time [T]
V magnitude of velocity vector
[L T -1 ]
vmax maximum growth rate [T -1 ]
v average linear velocity [L T -1 ]
v vector of average linear velocity
[L T -1 ]
VA Virtual Aquifer
X microbial population [M L -3 ]
Y yield coefficient [-]
z elevation [L]
� empirical Van Genuchten
parameter [L -1 ]
�L
�T
longitudinal dispersivity [L]
transverse dispersivity [L]
� reaction function
� tortuosity related coefficient [-]
� random number
� intraparticle porosity [-]
��h maximum measurement error [L]
� empirical sorption constant [-]
�e effective porosity [-]
� volumetric water content [-]
�r residual water content [-]
saturated water content [-]
�s
� empirical sorption constant
[M 1-� L 3� M -1 ]
� first order degradation rate
constant [T -1 ]
� microbial decay term
� density [M L -3 ]
2
� Y ln(K) variance
� travel time [T]
tortuosity factor [-]
�f
� matric head [L]
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