Water infiltration in layered soils with air entrapment: Modified green-ampt model and experimental validation

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 628-638

  Ma, Ying ^a,b   Feng, Shaoyuan ^b,c   Zhan, Hongbin ^d   Liu, Xiaodong ^e   Su, Dongyuan ^f   Kang, Shaozhong ^b   Song, Xianfang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Water Authority of Haidian District   (China)

^f Guangxi Institute of Water Resources Research   (China)

Author keywords

Air water interactions; Hydrologic models; Infiltration; Irrigation; Layered soils

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAPMENT; AIR-WATER INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FIELD SOIL; FLOOD IRRIGATION; FLOW MODEL; GREEN-AMPT MODEL; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; INFILTRATION RATE; LAYERED SOILS; LIQUID PHASE; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; RESIDUAL WATER SATURATION; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATION COEFFICIENT; SATURATION DEGREE; SIMULATION RESULT; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL LAYER; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; WATER INFILTRATION; WETTING FRONTS;

BEARING CAPACITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION; LAYERED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 79961068134     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000360     Document Type: Article

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