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A study of moisture content in unsaturated porous medium by using homotopy perturbation method (HPM) and variational iteration method (VIM)

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Vertical infiltration of water plays an important role in the recharged of contaminated water and enhanced moisture content in the unsaturated porous media. The mathematical model used for such type of phenomenon is Burger's equation. Unsaturated porous media are analyzed by solving Burger's equation using the variational iterative modeling and homotopy perturbation method. When considering all moisture contents, it appears that the cumulative coefficient is unchanged. It is also shown that the soil's moisture content decreases with depth (y) and time (t). The results indicate that this method is very efficient and can be useful to solve large-scale problems that arise in civil engineering, geology, material science, and fossil fuel problems.

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Rehman, G., Qin, S., Ain, Q.T. et al. A study of moisture content in unsaturated porous medium by using homotopy perturbation method (HPM) and variational iteration method (VIM). Int J Geomath 13, 3 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-021-00193-z

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