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Outline
Infiltration: Definition?
Infiltration Capacity
Measurement of Infiltration
Estimation of Infiltration
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Infiltration Model
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Infiltration Capacity
Infiltration Capacity
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Flooding-Type Infiltrometer
Rainfall Simulator
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Infiltration Capacity
Maximum rate at which water enters the soil in a
given condition
Infiltration Rate
Rate at which water actually enters the soil during
a storm and is equal to the infiltration capacity or
the rainfall rate, whichever is less
Infiltration Index
Average rate of loss such that volume of rainfall in
excess of that rate will be equal to direct runoff
Φ-Index
The Φ-index is defined as that rate of infiltration above
which rainfall volume equals the runoff volume.
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Home Assignment
Solved Examples from H.M. Ragunath
and Dr. A.R. Ghuman eBooks
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