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[Doc] Added a description of the van Genuchten-Mualem relative permeability function

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......@@ -209,3 +209,14 @@ URL = {https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.2008.58.3.157}
year={1985},
publisher={Elsevier}
}
@article{lenhard1987model,
title={A model for hysteretic constitutive relations governing multiphase flow: 2. Permeability-saturation relations},
author={Lenhard, RJ and Parker, JC},
journal={Water Resources Research},
volume={23},
number={12},
pages={2197--2206},
year={1987},
publisher={Wiley Online Library}
}
......@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ namespace MaterialPropertyLib
{
class Medium;
/**
* van Genuchten-Mualem relative permeability function for non-wetting phase
* in terms of effective wetting-phase saturation \cite lenhard1987model :
*
* \f[k_{rel}^n= (1 - S_e)^{1/2} (1 - S_e^{1/m})^{2m}\f]
* with
* \f[S_e=\frac{S^L-S^L_r}{S^L_{\mbox{max}}-S^L_r}\f]
* where
* \f{eqnarray*}{
* &S^L_r& \mbox{residual saturation of wetting phase,}\\
* &S^L_{\mbox{max}}& \mbox{maximum saturation of wetting phase,}\\
* &m\, \in (0, 1) & \mbox{ exponent.}\\
* \f}
*/
class RelPermNonWettingPhaseVanGenuchtenMualem final : public Property
{
public:
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