Comparison Of Numerical And Analytical Models Of Unsaturated Flow Around Underground Openings, Considerations For Performance Assessments Of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, As A High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 5
- File Size:
- 578 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 2000
Abstract
While benchmarking the integrated finite-volume code MULTIFLO against the analytical solution of Philip et al. (1989) for cylindrical underground openings, we found numerical simulation of dripping threshold flux consistently higher than the analytical solution for both rectangular and unstructured grids. The magnitude of error is proportional to the alpha parameter characterizing capillarity. This may bias estimates of repository performance towards non-conservatism.
Citation
APA: (2000) Comparison Of Numerical And Analytical Models Of Unsaturated Flow Around Underground Openings, Considerations For Performance Assessments Of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, As A High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
MLA: Comparison Of Numerical And Analytical Models Of Unsaturated Flow Around Underground Openings, Considerations For Performance Assessments Of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, As A High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2000.