Water velocity at water-air interface is not zero: Comment on "Three-dimensional quantification of soil hydraulic properties using X-ray computed tomography and image-based modeling'' by Saoirse R. Tracy et al.

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第一作者: Zhang, X. X.

作者: Zhang, X. X.;Fan, X. Y.;Li, Z. Y.;Fan, X. Y.;Li, Z. Y.

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期刊名称:WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ( 影响因子:5.24; 五年影响因子:6.006 )

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摘要: Tracy et al. (2015, doi: 10.1002/2014WR016020) assumed in their recent paper that water velocity at the water-air interface is zero in their pore-scale simulations of water flow in 3-D soil images acquired using X-ray computed tomography. We comment that such a treatment is physically wrong, and explain that it is the water-velocity gradient in the direction normal to the water-air interface, rather than the water velocity, that should be assumed to be zero at the water-air interface if one needs to decouple the water flow and the air flow. We analyze the potential errors caused by incorrectly taking water velocity at the water-air interface zero based on two simple examples, and conclude that it is not physically sound to make such a presumption because its associated errors are unpredictable.

分类号: TV21

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