Effect of rainfall intensity on infiltration into partly saturated slopes

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Date Issued
April 2008
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Abstract
This paper describes the development of a model to analyse the rate of infiltration and run-off experienced by a partly saturated soil slope during rainfall. The paper first reviews some of the most popular infiltration models used in geotechnical analysis, and highlights some of the problems associated with their application. One particular model, the Horton Equation is extended to include rainfall intensity directly in its formulation. The new model is shown to predict infiltration responses, which agree with field measurements. In the final section the influence of the rainfall intensity and pattern of rainfall (variation of rainfall intensity) on the infiltration response of a soil is investigated using the new model.
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Other funder
Other Sponsorship
Iarnród Éireann
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Springer
Journal
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
Volume
26
Issue
2
Start Page
199
End Page
209
Copyright (Published Version)
Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Keywords
Subject – LCSH
Soil infiltration rate--Mathematical models
Runoff--Mathematical models
Rain and rainfall
Slopes (Soil mechanics)
DOI
Web versions
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0960-3182 (Print)
1573-1529 (Online)
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Civil Engineering Research Collection