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Journal of Hydrology 329, 1-2 (2006) 258-273
A seepage face model for the interaction of shallow water tables with the ground surface: Application of the obstacle-type method
Héloïse Beaugendre ( ) 1, 2, 3, 4, Alexandre Ern 3, 5, Thomas Esclaffer 6, Eric Gaume 6, Irina Ginzburg 7, Cyril Kao 7
(2006)

This paper presents a model to simulate overland flow genesis induced by shallow water table movements in hillslopes. Variably saturated subsurface flows are governed by the Richards equation discretized by continuous finite elements on unstructured meshes. An obstacle-type formulation is used to determine where saturation conditions, and thus seepage face conditions, are met at the ground surface. The impact of hillslope geometry, boundary conditions, and soil hydraulic parameters on model predictions is investigated on two-dimensional test cases at the metric and hectometric scales. The obstacle-type formulation is also compared with a more detailed model coupling subsurface and overland flow, the latter being described by the shallow water equations in the diffusive wave regime.
1:  Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux (IMB)
CNRS : UMR5251 – Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I – Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II
2:  MC2 (INRIA Bordeaux - Sud-Ouest)
INRIA – Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I – Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux II – CNRS : UMR
3:  Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Mathématiques, Informatique et Calcul Scientifique (CERMICS)
INRIA – Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
4:  ESTIME (INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt)
INRIA
5:  Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Mathématiques et Calcul Scientifique (CERMICS)
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
6:  Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche Eau Ville Environnement (CEREVE)
Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne (UPEC) – Ecole des Ponts ParisTech – Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et Forêts
7:  CEMAGREF
CEMAGREF
Computer Science/Modeling and Simulation

Life Sciences/Ecology, environment

Physics/Mechanics/Mechanics of the fluids

Engineering Sciences/Mechanics/Fluids mechanics
Finite elements – Richards equation – Seepage face – Obstacle-type model – Water table ground interaction – Numerical solutions.
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