Green Ampt: Infiltration

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Water infiltrates into the ground from a pressurised (p = 1) semi-circular pipe.
The objective is to, assumming no unsaturated zone, track the satration front.
This is essentially a filling problem but the potential on the front is a function of space and time.

  • p is pressure,
  • h = p/rg + z is the head (length),
  • n is the outward normal on the saturation front,
  • vn is the velocity of the front,