Abstract
Perturbation methods are employed to analyze the horizontal absorption of moisture in unsaturated soils. The present study applies to absorption under the general diffusivity function, subject to constant boundary concentration. The concept of the wetting front moving with a finite velocity plays a fundamental role in this set of papers. The solution emerges as a series of terms that can be explicitly calculated in terms of the integrals involving diffusivity functions. The examples of exponential and constant diffusivity functions, as well as the case of Yolo light clay, are computed to one or two terms to exhibit the advantages over, and the good agreement with, other published data of Parlange, Philip, etc. The method possesses great potential, and in a subsequent paper the study of vertical infiltration will be presented by utilizing the perturbation mechanism.
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