ABSTRACT The saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) is an essential property for modeling water and contaminants movement into aquifers. However, Ks extremely variable, even when considering nearby locations, which poses a challenge at catchment scales. Field measurements of are most the time expensive, time-consuming labor-intensive. This study aimed to obtain, purposes, using pedotransfer func...

This paper critically compares the use of laboratory tests against in situ combined with numerical seepage modeling to determine hydraulic conductivity natural soil deposits. Laboratory determination used constant head permeability and oedometer on undisturbed Shelby tube block samples. The auger hole method Guelph permeameter were performed field. Groundwater table elevations deposits differen...

A new type of in-situ hydraulic permeameter was developed to determine vertical hydraulic conductivity (VHC) of saturated sediments from hydraulic experiments using Darcy's law. The system allows water to move upward through the porous media filled in the permeameter chamber driven into sediments at water-sediment interface. Darcy flux and hydraulic gradient can be measured using the system, an...

The soil water behavior of sandy soils was studied under semiarid conditions in the Shendong mining area (China). content (θ) measured different depths and topographies using an HH2 moisture meter. infiltration process a Guelph permeameter. A set hydrodynamic variables calculated laboratory. θ first 20 cm lowest increased with depth. from top slope to bottom slope. experiments showed that stead...

Measurement uncertainty is a key hindrance to the quanti_cation of water ~uxes at all scales of investigation[ Predictions of soil!water ~ux rely on accurate or representative measurements of hydraulic gradients and _eld! state hydraulic conductivity[ We quanti_ed the potential magnitude of errors associated with the parameters and variables used directly and indirectly within the DarcyÐBucking...

Slope failure is a common phenomenon all over the world on both man-made and natural slopes. Prolonged rainfall one of climatic factors which largely responsible for slope failure. During heavy prolonged rainfall, part rainwater infiltrates through soil seeps into slope. The infiltrated water lowers matric suction increases porewater pressure. Eventually, generated pressure decreases strength r...

The saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks ) is a key characteristic of porous media, describing the rate of water flow through saturated porous media. It is an indispensable parameter in a broad range of simulation models that quantify saturated and/or unsaturated water flow. The constant-head permeameter test is a common laboratory method to determine Ks on undisturbed soil samples collected fr...

Streambed hydraulic conductivity (K) values were determined at seven stream transects in the Platte River Basin in Nebraska using different instream measurement techniques. Values were compared to determine the most appropriate technique(s) for use in sandy streambeds. Values of K determined from field falling- and constant-head permeameter tests analyzed using the Darcy equation decreased as p...

Abstract. The saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) is a key soil property governing agricultural production. However, the influence of conversion from conventional tillage (CT) to conservation (CS; including no tillage, NT, and reduced RT) on Ksat soils not well understood still debated. In this study, we applied global meta-analysis method synthesize 227 paired observations for 69 published...

A borehole permeameter is well suited for testing saturated hydraulic conductivity (K(sat)) at specific depths in the vadose zone. Most applications of the method involve fine-grained soils that allow hand auguring of test holes and require a small water reservoir to maintain a constant head. In non-cohesive gravels, hand-dug test holes are difficult to excavate, holes are prone to collapse, an...