Lab Report-03

Determination of Soil Intake Characteristics using

Cylinder Infiltrometer
Course Title: Water Resource Engineering II Lab
Course code: CE 422

Submitted To Submitted By

Ms. Romana Saila Md.Murshedul Islam

Assistant Professor ID: 173-47-091
Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering
Daffodil International University Daffodil International University

Date of Submission: 25/06/2021

Name : MD.Murshedul Islam .
ID :173-47-091
Experiment no: 03.
Experiment Name: Determination of Soil Intake Characteristics using Cylinder
Infiltrometer.

Objective:
1. To familiarize with the field testing procedure.
2. To plot accumulated depth Vs. time in a Semi-log paper and to find ,
a. The constant,C
b. The exponent, n
3. To develop the equations for accumulated intake, average and instantaneous intake
rates from the test data.
4. To plot accumulated depth, average and instantaneous intake rate Vs. time in one
plain.
5. graph paper.

Apparatus:
1. Double ring infiltrometer.
2. Driving plate.
3. Hammer.
4. Measuring bridge.
5. Measuring rod.
6. Sponge.
7. Stopwatch.

Sample Calculation:
For time difference =2 min,
Cumulative time = 2 min.
Here,
Water level readings,
Before 92 mm
After 100 mm
So, Infiltration depth = (100-92) = 8 mm.
Cumulative infiltration = 8 mm.

Cumulative infiltration 8
∴ Avg. Infiltration rate = = = 4 mm/min.
Time difference 2

Infiltration depth 8
∴ Instantaneous infiltration rate = = = 4 mm/min.
Time difference 2
 Data Sheet
Time Cumulative Water Level Infiltration
Avg Instantaneous
difference time readings depth Cumulative
Infiltration infiltration
Before After infiltration
rate rate
(min) (min) (mm) (mm) (mm)
2 2 92 100 8 8 4 4
3 5 93 100 7 15 5 2.33
5 10 89 99 10 25 5 2
10 20 84 101 17 42 4.2 1.7
10 30 89 100 11 53 5.3 1.1
10 40 95 102 7 60 6 0.7
20 60 92 101 9 69 3.45 0.45
20 80 91 100 9 78 3.9 0.45

Fp Fp Fp Time Time
Fp-Fc ln(Fp-Fc)
(mm/min) (cm/min) (cm/hr) (min) (hr)
4 0.4 24.00 21.30 3.06 2 0.03
2.33 0.23 14.00 11.30 2.42 3 0.05
2 0.2 12.00 9.30 2.23 5 0.08
1.7 0.17 10.20 7.50 2.01 10 0.17
1.1 0.11 6.60 3.90 1.36 10 0.17
0.7 0.07 4.20 1.50 0.41 10 0.17
0.45 0.045 2.70 0.00 0.00 20 0.33
0.45 0.045 2.70 0.00 0.00 20 0.33

ln(Fp-Fc) Vs Time(hr)
3.50

3.00

2.50

2.00
ln(fp-fc)

y = -9.3361x + 2.9929
1.50

1.00

0.50

0.00
0.01 0.10 1.00
Time (hr)

Accumulated depth Vs. Time

 Instant rate curve,Avg. rate curve & Cumulative rate
curve
40.00

35.00
Instant,Depth and Avg.

30.00

25.00

20.00

15.00

10.00

5.00

0.00
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35

Time(hr)

Instant (cm/hr) Depth (cm) Avg (cm/hr)

Accumulated depth, Average and Instantaneous intake rate Vs. Time

Result:
n = -9.3361
c = 2.9929

Discussion:
This experiment is to determine the Soil Intake Characteristics using Cylinder Infiltrometer.
Soil intake characteristic gives us information about the rate of entry of water into soil to
avoid excess irrigation or shortage of irrigation. From graph pattern, we found that, initially
Infiltration rate is high but as time increases, the value decreases, on the other hand,
cumulative rate increases. As cumulative rate is associated with average rate, it also
increases. So, my experiment value shows predictable infiltration facility.