INFILTRATION

Dr. Toribio Marcos Reyes Rodrguez, Ph.D.

 Infiltration
General
Process of water
penetrating from ground
into soil
Factors affecting
Condition of soil surface,
vegetative cover, soil
properties, hydraulic
conductivity, antecedent
soil moisture
Four zones
Saturated, transmission,
wetting, and wetting front
 Infiltration
Infiltration rate, f(t)
Rate at which water enters the soil at the surface (in/hr
or cm/hr)
Cumulative infiltration, F(t)
Accumulated depth of water infiltrating during given
time period f, F F
t
F (t ) f ( )d
0

dF (t )
f (t ) f
dt
t Infiltration
 Infiltrometers
Single Ring Double Ring
Horton Equations
. .
= . + (. )
.
 Horton Equations
Datos de campo

t (h), h 0.00 1.07 1.53 2.30 3.04 3.89 4.85 7.06

F(t), cm 0.00 0.54 0.75 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 2.00

Modelo de Horton
Parmetros
fo 0.626 cm/h fc 0.156 cm/h k 0.508 h-1
fb 0.194 cm/h

t (h), h 0.00 1.07 1.53 2.30 3.04 3.89 4.85 7.06

F(t), cm 0.00 0.54 0.75 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 2.00
F(t) m, cm 0.00 0.55 0.74 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 2.00
EC 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Suma EC 0.00
 Philip Equations
S 0.703 cm/h0.5 K 0.508 cm/h

t (h), h 0.00 1.07 1.53 2.30 3.04 3.89 4.85 7.06

F(t), cm 0.00 0.54 0.75 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 2.00
F(t)m, cm 0.00 0.73 0.87 1.07 1.23 1.39 1.55 1.87
EC 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
Suma EC 0.07
Philip Equations