Journal article
Analysis of water flow from cylindrical macropores
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol.50(5)
1986
Abstract
Water flow from cylindrical macropores of finite length is predicted using an approximate analysis derived previously for flow from a steady constant-head uncased borehole permeameter in homogenous unsaturated soil. This analysis is appropriate in cases where the macropores fill rapidly and remain completely water filled. Under these conditions predicted macropore flow rates compared well to those obtained from measurements of flow into both 'artificial' and natural macropores. The study emphasises the effect of pore continuity, with pore length exerting a dominant influence on the magnitude of macropore volume fluxes over the range of macropore diameters commonly encountered in agricultural soils.
Details
- Title
- Analysis of water flow from cylindrical macropores
- Authors/Creators
- K.R.J. Smettem (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol.50(5)
- Publisher
- Soil Society of America
- Identifiers
- 991005539998307891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
- 3.45 Soil Science
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- Agricultural Sciences