Water Resources Research · 1991 · 12 citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesPhysicsDifferential EquationsSoil-water RelationsThermodynamicsIrreversible ProcessesIrreversible ThermodynamicsPartial Differential EquationsSecond Law Of ThermodynamicsSoil Hydraulic PropertiesSoil Water DynamicsExtended Irreversible ThermodynamicsIrreversibilityIrreversible Heat TransferRichards EquationRichards Equation ModelingThermodynamic FormalismWater Potential
From an extended irreversible thermodynamic formalism a wavelike equation for the water potential in soils is obtained. This avoids the problem of the infinite velocity of transmission of disturbances in the water potential as implied by the Richards equation.
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Extended irreversible thermodynamics
David Jou, José Casas-Vázquez, G. Lebon · Reports on Progress in Physics · 1988 · 535 citations
On the foundations of extended irreversible thermodynamics
L. S. Garcı́a-Colı́n, M. López de Haro, R. F. Rodríguez et al. · Journal of Statistical Physics · 1984 · 76 citations