User: Guest  Login
Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Zehe, E.; Blume, T.; Blöschl, G.:
Title:
The principle of ‘maximum energy dissipation’: a novel thermodynamic perspective on rapid water flow in connected soil structures.
Abstract:
Preferential flow in biological soil structures is of key importance for infiltration and soil water flow at a range of scales. In the present study, we treat soil water flow as a dissipative process in an open non-equilibrium thermodynamic system, to better understand this key process. We define the chemical potential and Helmholtz free energy based on soil physical quantities, parametrize a physically based hydrological model based on field data and simulate the evolution of Helmholtz free ene...     »
Journal title:
Philosophical Transactions B. of Royal Society, Biological Sciences
Year:
2010
Journal volume:
Vol. 365
Journal issue:
No. 1545
Pages contribution:
pp. 1377 – 1386
Reviewed:
ja
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0308
E-ISSN:
1471-2970
Semester:
SS 02
Format:
Text
 BibTeX