Several laboratory tests were carried out with the objective of evaluating the performance of a numerical model to simulate the unidimensional soil water evaporation process. This model was created based on Richard's equation linearized in space and by an iterative Newton-Raphson method to solve this unlinearized equation in time. The model considers the vapor flow within the soil profile and its evaporation rate on the surface. Results showed that the model simulated the soil water evaporation process satisfactorily for both homogeneous and stratified porous media.
homogeneous porous media; layered porous media; Richards equation; Newton-Raphson's
