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Preferential Root Tropism Induced by Structural Inhomogeneities in 2D Wet Granular Media
Cesare M. Cejas, Lawrence A. Hough, Raphaël Beaufret +3
We investigate certain aspects of the physical mechanisms of root growth in a granular medium and how these roots adapt to changes in water distribution induced by the presence of…
Experimental investigation of water distribution in two-phase zone during gravity-dominated evaporation
C. Cejas, J. -C. Castaing, L. A. Hough +2
We characterize the water repartition within the partially saturated (two-phase) zone (PSZ) during evaporation out of mixed wettable porous media by controlling the wettability of…
Effect of geometry on the dewetting of granular chains by evaporation
Cesare M. Cejas, Lawrence A. Hough, Christian Frétigny +1
Understanding evaporation or drying in granular media still remains complex despite recent advancements. Evaporation depends on liquid transport across a connected film network fro…
A Simple Analytical Model of Evaporation in the Presence of Roots
Cesare M. Cejas, Larry Hough, Jean-Christophe Castaing +2
Root systems can influence the dynamics of evapotranspiration of water out of a porous medium. The coupling of evapotranspiration remains a key aspect affecting overall root behavi…
Kinetics of Gravity-Driven Water Channels Under Steady Rainfall
Cesare M. Cejas, Yuli Wei, Remi Barrois +3
We investigate the formation of fingered flow in dry granular media under simulated rainfall using a quasi-2D experimental set-up composed of a random close packing of mono-dispers…
Morphology of rain water channelization in systematically varied model sandy soils
Y. Wei, C. M. Cejas, R. Barrois +2
We visualize the formation of fingered flow in dry model sandy soils under different raining conditions using a quasi-2d experimental set-up, and systematically determine the impac…