Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Influence on Overland Flow and Water Infiltration by Fracture Networks in Soil

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2018/7056858/figures/7056858.fig.008a.svgz" name="7056858.fig.008a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>SMC model</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/geofluids/volume-2018/7056858/figures/7056858.fig.008b.svgz" name="7056858.fig.008b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Richards’ model</td></tr></table>

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Figure 8: Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Influence on Overland Flow and Water Infiltration by Fracture Networks in Soil 