INFILTRATION SPEED TEST "FIELD DATA"

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
INTERVAL INTERVAL
TIME DIFFERENCE
TIME TIME BETWEEN READING INFILTRATION
CUMULATED OF READING
DEAD READINGS
h:min min min min cm cm cm/h
09:16 10.9
09:17 1 1 11.9 1 60
09:18 1 2 12.25 0.35 21
09:19 1 3 12.45 0.2 12
09:21 2 5 12.8 0.35 10.5
09:23 2 7 13.3 0.5 15
09:25 2 9 13.5 0.2 6
09:28 3 12 13.9 0.4 8
09:31 3 15 14.1 0.2 4
09:34 3 18 14.5 0.4 8
09:39 5 23 14.9 0.4 4.8
09:40 1 24 10.8
09:45 5 29 11.2 0.4 4.8
09:50 5 34 11.5 0.3 3.6
09:57 7 41 11.85 0.35 3
10:07 10 51 12.4 0.55 3.3
10:17 10 61 12.8 0.4 2.4
10:32 15 76 13.2 0.4 1.6
10:33 1 77 10.4
10:48 15 92 10.7 0.3 1.2
11:13 25 117 11.7 1 2.4
11:38 25 142 12.4 0.7 1.68
12:08 30 172 13.2 0.8 1.6
12:38 30 202 14 0.8 1.6
01:08 30 232 14.7 0.7 1.4
01:09 1 233 11.2
01:39 30 263 11.85 0.65 1.3
02:09 30 293 12.6 0.75 1.5
02:39 30 323 13.3 0.7 1.4
For the calculation of the infiltration rate (7), the column (6) is multiplied by 60 and the
the product is divided by the column (3).
Taking the results from column (4) for the x-axis and column (7),
for the ordinate, you can graph and observe the behavior of speed
infiltration.
The infiltration rate curve would be of the exponential type.
To obtain the coefficients k and n of the Kostiakov-Lewis model, we can use
various methods, the simple linear regression method, the graphical method or the method
of the averages. Being the most precise, we will explain the first one more extensively.

Simple linear regression method

We need to linearize the equation by applying logarithms to both terms of it.
how it is obtained:

what corresponds to an equation of the type of a line:

Where

In addition
Y = infiltration velocity
X = time

it is calculated as:

∑∑
∑
∑
∑

To find the solution to the problem, a table can be constructed with the values
which are obtained by applying logarithms and squaring the values of the
accumulated time and calculated infiltration columns respectively.
CALCULATIONS TO OBTAIN THE INFILTRATION RATE MODEL
Time Speed of Log I
Accumulated Infiltration Log t
(min) (cm/hr)
t I
1 60 0.0000 1.7782 0.0000 3.1618 0.0000
2 21 0.3010 1.3222 0.0906 1.7483 0.3980
3 12 0.4771 1.0792 0.2276 1.1646 0.5149
5 10.5 0.6990 1.0212 0.4886 1.0428 0.7138
7 15 0.8451 1.1761 0.7142 1.3832 0.9939
9 6 0.9542 0.7782 0.9106 0.6055 0.7425
12 8 1.0792 0.9031 1.1646 0.8156 0.9746
15 4 1.1761 0.6021 1.3832 0.3625 0.7081
18 8 1.2553 0.9031 1.5757 0.8156 1.1336
23 4.8 1.3617 0.6812 1.8543 0.4641 0.9277
29 4.8 1.4624 0.6812 2.1386 0.4641 0.9962
34 3.6 1.5315 0.5563 2.3454 0.3095 0.8520
41 3 1.6128 0.4771 2.6011 0.2276 0.7695
51 3.3 1.7076 0.5185 2.9158 0.2689 0.8854
61 2.4 1.7853 0.3802 3.1874 0.1446 0.6788
76 1.6 1.8808 0.2041 3.5375 0.0417 0.3839
92 1.2 1.9638 0.0792 3.8565 0.0063 0.1555
117 2.4 2.0682 0.3802 4.2774 0.1446 0.7863
142 1.68 2.1523 0.2253 4.6323 0.0508 0.4849
172 1.6 2.2355 0.2041 4.9976 0.0417 0.4563
202 1.6 2.3054 0.2041 5.3146 0.0417 0.4706
232 1.4 2.3655 0.1461 5.5955 0.0214 0.3457
263 1.3 2.4200 0.1139 5.8562 0.0130 0.2757
293 1.5 2.4669 0.1761 6.0854 0.0310 0.4344
323 1.4 2.5092 0.1461 6.2961 0.0214 0.3667
SUM 182.08 38.6158 14.7372 72.0469 13.3919 15.4491
Application
The equation is given:

̅ ̅

Clearing:

̅ ̅

We can find the average as:

∑
̅

∑
̅

Also, if we know that:

∑∑
∑
∑
∑

Substituting:

Substituting for

̅ ̅

Now, if we consider the linearized equation:

And as we already know:

Therefore:

In addition:

Therefore:

Finally, the Kostiakov-Lewis model will be:

To now determine the correlation coefficient (r) of the obtained model, which is the
measure of the degree of association between variables, it is known:

∑∑
∑
∑ ∑
√ [∑ ] [∑ ]

Substituting:

√( )( )

The coefficient of determination is also calculated ( ), which is related to (r) and

it means that the variation of Y is explained by the proposed linearized model,
according to the value obtained from ( ):
Se señala que para este caso, se considera un valor bajo de r y .

Finally, the model obtained from Kostiakov-Lewis can be used to calculate the speed of
infiltration over a specified period and obtain adjusted values:

Accumulated Time (min) Adjusted Infiltration (cm/hr)

t
1 31.6665
2 21.0389
3 16.5633
5 12.2540
7 10.0479
9 8.6635
12 7.3112
15 6.4095
18 5.7559
23 4.9810
29 4.3444
34 3.9553
41 3.5418
51 3.1139
61 2.8018
76 2.4610
92 2.1987
117 1.9080
142 1.7020
172 1.5201
202 1.3825
232 1.2741
263 1.1832
293 1.1102
323 1.0481
With these corrected values adjusted to the obtained model, it can be graphed for
observe the behavior of the infiltration rate. Using the non-values
adjusted and adjusted, we have:

INFILTROMETER TANK METHOD

Observed Infiltration Adjusted Infiltration

60

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Tiempo (min)
 Accumulated Infiltration
It is important to note that with the double cylinder method or the input and output method, one can
obtain the accumulated infiltration equation derived from the integration of the
Kostiakov-Leweis equation between the limits of t=0 and t=t

∫ ∫

The equation will have the same form as the following model:

Where:
Z = accumulated infiltration (cm)
K y n = coefficient of the Kostiakov-Lewis formula
The value of 60 given by the formula is a factor to express Z in cm and t in min.

Applications of Infiltration
One of the applications that can be given to the obtained model is that it can be inferred
results on irrigation time and infiltrated layer based on the formulas:
⁄
[ ]

Where:
T = irrigation time in minutes (min).
La = infiltrated sheet (cm)
n = coefficient of the Kostiakov-Lewis formula
k = coefficient of the Kostiakov-Lewis formula
We can finally deduce that:

Using the input and output test data, we can illustrate the case of the
cumulative infiltration (Infiltrated Sheet). With the corrected and adjusted values of
model obtained, we plot the points to observe the infiltration rate
accumulated.
If the equation has the form of:

Then the accumulated infiltration will be:

TIME (min) INFILTRATION INFILTRATION
ADJUSTED (cm/hr) ACCUMULATED (cm)

t
1 31.6665 1.2869

2 21.0389 1.7100
3 16.5633 2.0194

5 12.2540 2.4900

7 10.0479 2.8584

9 8.6635 3.1687

12 7.3112 3.5655

15 6.4095 3.9071

18 5.7559 4.2105

23 4.9810 4.6557

29 4.3444 5.1201

34 3.9553 5.4652

41 3.5418 5.9013

51 3.1139 6.4539

61 2.8018 6.9456

76 2.4610 7.6009

92 2.1987 8.2204

117 1.9080 9.0721

142 1.7020 9.8220

172 1.5201 10.6251

202 1.3825 11.3493

232 1.2741 12.0124

263 1.1832 12.6465

293 1.1102 13.2193

323 1.0481 13.7584

 Adjusted Infiltration accumulated infiltration
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