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- Title
A complete soil hydraulic model accounting for capillary and adsorptive water retention, capillary and film conductivity, and hysteresis.
- Authors
Rudiyanto; Masaru Sakai; van Genuchten, Martinus Th.; Alazba, A. A.; Setiawan, Budi Indra; Minasny, Budiman
- Abstract
A soil hydraulic model that considers capillary hysteretic and adsorptive water retention as well as capillary and film conductivity covering the complete soil moisture range is presented. The model was obtained by incorporating the capillary hysteresis model of Parker and Lenhard into the hydraulic model of Peters-Durner-Iden (PDI) as formulated for the van Genuchten (VG) retention equation. The formulation includes the following processes: capillary hysteresis accounting for air entrapment, closed scanning curves, nonhysteretic sorption of water retention onto mineral surfaces, a hysteretic function for the capillary conductivity, a nonhysteretic function for the film conductivity, and a nearly nonhysteretic function of the conductivity as a function of water content (θ) for the entire range of water contents. The proposed model only requires two additional parameters to describe hysteresis. The model was found to accurately describe observed hysteretic water retention and conductivity data for a dune sand. Using a range of published data sets, relationships could be established between the capillary water retention and film conductivity parameters. Including vapor conductivity improved conductivity descriptions in the very dry range. The resulting model allows predictions of the hydraulic conductivity from saturation until complete dryness using water retention parameters.
- Subjects
HYDRAULICS; STORM water retention basins; ELECTRIC conductivity; HYSTERESIS; SOIL absorption &; adsorption
- Publication
Water Resources Research, 2015, Vol 51, Issue 11, p8757
- ISSN
0043-1397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/2015WR017703