A boundary element method for analysis of contaminant transport in porous media - II: Non-homogeneous porous media

In the second paper in the series, the boundary element method for analysin g contaminant migration problems in homogeneous porous medium developed in the earlier paper by Leo and Booker(1) is extended to the non-homogeneous p orous media. This extension enables potential application in practical desi gn of landfills and in soils which cannot be idealized as being homogeneous . Conventional boundary element techniques are used to deal with non-homoge neity in that the non-homogeneous domain is approximated by a finite number of homogeneous zones. The method may be used, for instance, in assessing t he effectiveness of linear configuration surrounding waste repositories. Co pyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.