Measurement of water infiltration in soil using the rain simulation method

P. Kovaříček, R. Šindelář, J. Hůla and I. Honzík
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P. Kovaříček: Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Prague-Ruzyně, Czech Republic
R. Šindelář: Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Prague-Ruzyně, Czech Republic
J. Hůla: Research Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Prague-Ruzyně, Czech Republic
I. Honzík: Faculty of Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Research in Agricultural Engineering, 2008, vol. 54, issue 3, 123-129

Abstract: : For the measurement of the infiltration speed under operational conditions, we were equipped by a rain simulator with the measuring surface of 0.5 m2. The infiltration speed is determined from the defined rain intensity and water surface runoff from the measured surface. The retained water mass from the surface runoff is recorded at regular time intervals over the whole measuring period. The beginning of the water runoff from the measured surface indicates the beginning of elutriation. The measuring time is finished after the infiltration speed has been stabilised. The beginning of elutriation and infiltration speed stabilisation are typical and mutually comparable parameters for defined soil properties at the site followed.

Keywords: rain simulator; rainfall intensity; water surface runoff; water infiltration speed in soil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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