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Title: DISCUSSION OF EVALUATION OF TIME-RATED INFILTRATION FAMILIES FOR NON-CRACKING SOILS

Author
item Clemmens, Albert

Submitted to: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/1998
Publication Date: N/A
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Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This paper is a discussion of an article published on the appropriateness of the time-rated intake families proposed by Merriam and Clemmens (1985). It is pointed out that the authors' method of determining the intake family for a particular soil does not match the original intent. Examples are provided which show simulated advance and recession and advance and recession curves and the distribution of water resulting from various infiltration functions. These examples demonstrate why the time infiltrate 100 mm is a more appropriate index than the one developed by the authors.