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Article: Erodibility of synthetic water repellent granular materials: Adapting the ground to weather extremes
Title | Erodibility of synthetic water repellent granular materials: Adapting the ground to weather extremes |
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Keywords | Synthetic soil water repellency Flume test Soil erosion Splash erosion Particle size selectivity |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/scitotenv |
Citation | Science of the Total Environment, 2019, v. 689, p. 398-412 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Granular materials with synthetic water repellent coatings have great potential to be used in ground interfaces (ground-atmosphere-vegetation and ground-structure) as infiltration barriers, due to their altered hydrological properties (suppressed infiltration and decreased sorptivity). However, very few studies have evaluated the impact of synthetic soil water repellency on soil erosion. This paper investigates the effect of water repellency on soil erosional behavior, including splash erosion and rill processes. Twenty-four flume tests were carried out on model slopes under artificial rainfall; soils with three wettability levels were tested, including wettable (contact angle, CA < 90°), subcritical water repellent (CA ~ 90°) and water repellent (CA > 90°). Various rainfall intensities (230 mm/h, 170 mm/h, 100 mm/h and 40 mm/h) and grain sizes (Fujian sand and sand/silt mixture) were adopted. Erosional variables, including splash erosion rate, average sediment concentration, peak sediment concentration and time to peak sediment were measured to quantitatively analyze the behavior. This study confirms the impact of water repellency on soil erosion and unveils the possibility to reduce infiltration at ground-atmosphere interface with controlled soil erosion. The results revealed that: (1) synthetic water repellency does not necessarily lead to increased soil erosion yield; its impact is dependent on grain size with the soil erosion loss increasing for Fujian sand, but decreasing for sand/silt mixtures; (2) splash erosion is positively correlated to soil water repellency and high rainfall intensity, regardless of grain size; (3) the erosion processes for sand/silt mixtures are particle size selective and not affected by soil water repellency, whereas this phenomenon is not observed with Fujian sand. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/272144 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 8.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.998 |
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dc.contributor.author | Zheng, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nunes Lourenco, SD | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cleall, PJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ng, AKY | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-20T10:36:31Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-20T10:36:31Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Science of the Total Environment, 2019, v. 689, p. 398-412 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0048-9697 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/272144 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Granular materials with synthetic water repellent coatings have great potential to be used in ground interfaces (ground-atmosphere-vegetation and ground-structure) as infiltration barriers, due to their altered hydrological properties (suppressed infiltration and decreased sorptivity). However, very few studies have evaluated the impact of synthetic soil water repellency on soil erosion. This paper investigates the effect of water repellency on soil erosional behavior, including splash erosion and rill processes. Twenty-four flume tests were carried out on model slopes under artificial rainfall; soils with three wettability levels were tested, including wettable (contact angle, CA < 90°), subcritical water repellent (CA ~ 90°) and water repellent (CA > 90°). Various rainfall intensities (230 mm/h, 170 mm/h, 100 mm/h and 40 mm/h) and grain sizes (Fujian sand and sand/silt mixture) were adopted. Erosional variables, including splash erosion rate, average sediment concentration, peak sediment concentration and time to peak sediment were measured to quantitatively analyze the behavior. This study confirms the impact of water repellency on soil erosion and unveils the possibility to reduce infiltration at ground-atmosphere interface with controlled soil erosion. The results revealed that: (1) synthetic water repellency does not necessarily lead to increased soil erosion yield; its impact is dependent on grain size with the soil erosion loss increasing for Fujian sand, but decreasing for sand/silt mixtures; (2) splash erosion is positively correlated to soil water repellency and high rainfall intensity, regardless of grain size; (3) the erosion processes for sand/silt mixtures are particle size selective and not affected by soil water repellency, whereas this phenomenon is not observed with Fujian sand. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/scitotenv | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Science of the Total Environment | - |
dc.subject | Synthetic soil water repellency | - |
dc.subject | Flume test | - |
dc.subject | Soil erosion | - |
dc.subject | Splash erosion | - |
dc.subject | Particle size selectivity | - |
dc.title | Erodibility of synthetic water repellent granular materials: Adapting the ground to weather extremes | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Nunes Lourenco, SD: lourenco@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Nunes Lourenco, SD=rp01872 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.328 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 31279187 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85068160808 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 298362 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 689 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 398 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 412 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000482379400038 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0048-9697 | - |