A small tube with a cross-sectional area of 40 cm2 is filled with soil and laid horizontally. The open end of the tube is saturated, and after 15 minutes, 100 cm3 of water have infiltrated into the tube. If the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the soil is 0.4 cm/hr, determine how much infiltration would have taken place in 30 minutes if the soil column had initially been placed upright with its surface saturated. Use Philip's equation.
A small tube with a cross-sectional area of 40 cm2 is filled with soil and laid horizontally. The open end of the tube is saturated, and after 15 minutes, 100 cm3 of water have infiltrated into the tube. If the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the soil is 0.4 cm/hr, determine how much infiltration would have taken place in 30 minutes if the soil column had initially been placed upright with its surface saturated. Use Philip's equation.
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Transcribed Image Text:A small tube with a cross-sectional area of 40 cm2 is filled with soil and laid horizontally. The open end of
the tube is saturated, and after 15 minutes, 100 cm3 of water have infiltrated into the tube. If the
saturated hydraulic conductivity of the soil is 0.4 cm/hr, determine how much infiltration would have
taken place in 30 minutes if the soil column had initially been placed upright with its surface saturated.
Use Philip's equation.
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