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CUMULATIVE INFILTRATION
9

6
Cum. Infiltration, F(t) (cm)

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Time, t (hr)
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WETTING-FRONT DEPTH
250

200
Wetting-Front Depth, zf (cm)

150

100

50

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Time, t (hr)
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INFILTRATION RATE
6

4
Infiltration Rate, f(t) (cm/hr)

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Time, t (hr)
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Infiltration Rate Cumulative Infiltration

t f Kh* t F t
(hr) (cm/hr) (cm/hr) (hr) (cm/hr) (hr)
0 5 2.592 0 0 0
### 5 2.592 ### ### ###
### ### 2.592 ### 2.5 ###
### ### 2.592 ### 3 ###
### ### 2.592 ### 3.5 ###
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### ### 2.592 ### 6 ###
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### ### 2.592 ### 8.14 ###
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zf
(cm/hr)
0
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100
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200
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Section 6.6.2; Exercise 6-8 S.L. Dingman
Physical Hydrology, 2nd Ed.
Input Data Calculated Values

Soil Name: Example 6-6

Soil Properties: f= 0.485 yae = 78.6 cm b= 5.3

See Table 6-1. Kh* = 0.00072 cm/s = 2.592 cm/hr
Event: w= 5 cm/hr tw = 2 hr
Initial Conditions: q0 = 0.450
yf = 64.4 cm w*tw = 10.00 cm
tp = 0.49 hr F(tp) = 2.43 cm
yf*(f - q0) = 2.25 cm
Infiltration
Enter values of F(t) beginning in the third row of the table below.
Each F(t) value must be greater than that in the previous row. Values
of F(t), f(t), zf(t), and t are calculated. t cannot exceed tw; use
trial-and-error to find final value of F(t) such that t = tw as nearly as possible.
F(t) f(t) zf(t) t
(cm) (cm/hr) (cm) (hr) <-------- Remarks -------->
======== ========= ======== ========
0 5.00E+00 0 0
2.43 5.00E+00 69.3 0.485 time of ponding
Start => 2.50 4.93E+00 71.4 0.500
3.00 4.54E+00 85.7 0.606
3.50 4.26E+00 100.0 0.720
4.00 4.05E+00 114.3 0.840
5.00 3.76E+00 142.9 1.097
6.00 3.57E+00 171.4 1.371
7.00 3.43E+00 200.0 1.657
8.00 3.32E+00 228.6 1.954
8.14 3.31E+00 232.6 1.996
9.00 3.24E+00 257.1 2.258 too long
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