Effect of rainfall intensity on infiltration into partly saturated slopes

Title: Effect of rainfall intensity on infiltration into partly saturated slopes
Creator: Xue, Jianfeng; Gavin, Kenneth
Date: 2008
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/73525
Identifier: vital:7075
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-007-9157-0
Identifier: ISSN:0960-3182
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.
Relation: Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Vol. 26, no. 2 (2008), p. 199-209
Rights: Copyright Springer
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: Water flow; Unsaturated soil slopes; Rainfall pattern; Runoff; Cumulative infiltration; 0905 Civil Engineering
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