Effect of Rainfall Intensity on Infiltration into Partly Saturated Slopes |
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| Authors: | Jianfeng Xue Kenneth Gavin |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering, Earlsfort Terrace, University College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland |
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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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| Keywords: | Water flow Unsaturated soil slopes Rainfall pattern Runoff Cumulative infiltration |
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