Nonreactive chemical transport in structured soil: The potential for centrifugal modelling
Abstract
Centrifugal model scaling of chemical transport in soils is carried out by identifying the dimensionless transport equations of the model and prototype. The possibility of centrifugal modelling of nonreactive chemical transport with nonequilibrium physical sorption is discussed. It is demonstrated that, with suitable scaling of the sorption rate, centrifugal modelling is feasible in theory. Results from laboratory experiments indicate that the required scaling is achieved, suggesting that this transport process may be modelled approximately using a centrifuge.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Groundwater flow and contamination studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Geotechnical Management of Waste and Contamination
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Pages
- 425–431
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter