Stochastic porous media equation with Robin boundary conditions, gravity-driven infiltration and multiplicative noise

Abstract

We aim at studying a novel mathematical model associated to a physical phenomenon of infiltration in an homogeneous porous medium. The particularities of our system are connected to the presence of a gravitational acceleration term proportional to the level of saturation, and of a Brownian multiplicative perturbation. Furthermore, the boundary conditions intervene in a Robin manner with the distinction of the behavior along the inflow and outflow respectively. We provide qualitative results of well-posedness, the investigation being conducted through a functional approach.