Texture Porosity Residual PorosEffective PorosiSuction Head Conductivity Texture

Sand 0.437 0.020 0.417 4.95 11.78 Sand

100.00
Loamy Sand 0.437 0.036 0.401 6.13 2.99 Loamy Sand
Sandy Loam 0.453 0.041 0.412 11.01 1.09 Sandy Loam
Loam 0.463 0.029 0.434 8.89 0.34 Loam
10.00
Silt Loam 0.501 0.015 0.486 16.68 0.65 Silt Loam
Sandy Clay Loam 0.398 0.068 0.330 21.85 0.15 Sandy Clay Loam
Clay Loam 0.464 0.155 0.309 20.88 0.10 Clay Loam
1.00
Silty Clay Loam 0.471 0.039 0.432 27.30 0.10 Silty Clay Loam
Sandy Clay 0.430 0.109 0.321 23.90 0.06 Sandy Clay
Silty Clay 0.470 0.047 0.423 29.22 0.05 Silty Clay
Clay 0.475 0.090 0.385 31.63 0.03 Clay 0.10

Average 0.454
0.01
0

Residual Porosity Clay Soils Other Soils

0.068
0.155 0.020
0.039 0.036 Clay
0.109 0.041 Silty Clay
0.047 0.029 Sandy Clay
0.090 0.015 Silty Clay Loam
Average 0.085 0.028
Clay Loam
Sandy Clay Loam E
Silt Loam R
Loam
Sandy Loam
Loamy Sand
Sand

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

Book: Applied Hydrology

Source: The University of Texas at Austin
 100.00
Loamy Sand
Sandy Loam

10.00

Sandy Clay Loam

1.00
Silty Clay Loam
Sandy Clay

0.10

0.01
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Effective Porosity
Residual Porosity

0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

 Time (hr) F (cm)
Effective Suction
Porosity Residual Porosity Head ψ Conductivity
n Porosity ϴr ϴe (cm) K (cm/hr) 0 0
0.464 0.155 0.309 20.88 0.1 1 1.02234
Se 0.300 2 1.48059
Dϴ 0.216 3 1.85194
ψDϴ 4.516 4 2.17632
t 1 5 2.47078
F 1.018 -1.38E-10 6 2.74405
f 0.544 7 3.00131
8 3.24592

 D  3.5
f  K  1
 F  3

2.5

 F  1.5
F  Kt  D ln 1  
  D  1

0.5

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
 Residual f (cm/hr)

0
-0.0007612097 0.542
-7.0156431E-08 0.405
-7.5399969E-08 0.344
-7.511344E-08 0.308
1.5994986E-07 0.283
3.1524421E-07 0.265
9.0641197E-09 0.250
2.2806976E-07 0.239

F (cm)
f (cm/hr)

4 5 6 7 8 9
 Effective Suction
Residual Porosity Head ψ Conductivity
Porosity n Porosity ϴr ϴe (cm) K (cm/hr)
0.464 0.155 0.309 20.88 0.1
Se 0.300
Dϴ 0.216
ψDϴ 4.516
i (cm/hr) 1.000
tp (hr) 0.502
Fp (cm) 0.502
F (cm) 2.000
t (hr) 3.685   D 
f (cm/hr) 0.326 f  K  1
 F 
F(t) K t ΨΔθ F(t)
0.20 0.1 1 4.516 0.1
F(t) K t ΨΔθ F(t)
1.018 0.1 1 4.516 1.018

Luego la tasa de infiltración f después de una hora es:

f= 0.544 cm/h
F(t) K t ΨΔθ F(t)
1.481 0.1 2 4.516 1.481

Luego la tasa de infiltración f después de una hora es:

f= 0.405 cm/h
F(t) K t ΨΔθ F(t)
1.852 0.1 3 4.516 1.852

Luego la tasa de infiltración f después de una hora es:

f= 0.344 cm/h