Abstract
Using the method of homogenization, we present a systematic derivation of the macroscopic equations for air flow and chemical vapor transport in an unsaturated zone with a periodic structure of heterogeneity. The effective specific discharge and hydrodynamic dispersion coefficient are expressible in terms of some cell functions, whose analytical solutions are sought for the simple case of alternate stacking of two strictly plane layers of different properties. For this kind of bi-layered composite, the effects of convection velocity and layer property contrasts on the longitudinal and transverse components of the hydrodynamic dispersion coefficient are investigated.
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