On the anisotropic advection-diffusion equation with time dependent coefficients

Abstract The advection-diffusion equation with time dependent velocity and anisotropic time dependent diffusion tensor is examined in regard to its non-classical transport features and to the use of a non-orthogonal coordinate system. Although this equation appears in diverse physical problems, particularly in particle transport in stochastic velocity fields and in underground porous media, a detailed analysis of its solutions is lacking. In order to study the effects of the time-dependent coefficients and the anisotropic diffusion on transport, we solve analytically the equation for an initial Dirac delta pulse. We discuss the solutions to three cases: one based on power-law correlation functions where the pulse diffuses faster than the classical rate ∼ t, a second case specifically designed to display slower rate of diffusion than the classical one, and a third case to describe hydrodynamic dispersion in porous media.

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Main Authors:	Hernandez-Coronado,H., Coronado,M., Castillo-Negrete,D. Del-
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedad Mexicana de Física 2017
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0035-001X2017000100040
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