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@ARTICLE{Javaux:52097,
author = {Javaux, M. and Vanclooster, M.},
title = {{S}cale-dependency of the hydraulic properties of a
variably saturated heterogeneous sandy subsoil},
journal = {Journal of hydrology},
volume = {327},
issn = {0022-1694},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {PreJuSER-52097},
pages = {376 - 388},
year = {2006},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {The effective hydraulic behaviour of heterogeneous sand was
experimentally investigated at two scales under transient
flow upper boundary conditions. At the monoliths-scale,
one-dimensional inverse modelling was performed from a
transient infiltration experiment by implementing in the
objective function the outflow and pressure head time series
at four depths. Notwithstanding the important heterogeneity
of the subsoil, principally due to the presence of
discontinuous clay and a stone layer, we observed that the
effective behaviour was surprisingly well reproduced. It was
also observed that the structural features mainly induced a
kind of hysteresis between the saturation and drainage
cycles of the outflow time series. Subsequently, 104 Kopecky
cores (100 cm(3)) were sub-sampled throughout the monolith,
mainly in the sandy matrix. The variability of local
hydraulic parameters was investigated by optimising the
local hydraulic parameters from mufti-step outflow
experiments and measured retention points. The comparison
between 1-D optimised, measured and Kopecky-averaged
retention curves showed relatively similar shape near
saturation. In contrast to this, important discrepancies
existed between averaged local scale hydraulic conductivity
and effective hydraulic conductivity close to saturation.
Different experimental designs at different scales may
explain the observed discrepancies. It is further suggested
that the monolith-scale effective hydraulic functions are
more representative for wet soil conditions. This case study
illustrates the complexity of finding validated scaling
relationships for the hydraulic properties of heterogeneous
soils at scales larger than the usual small column scale.
(c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-IV},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB50},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Engineering, Civil / Geosciences, Multidisciplinary / Water
Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000239870900008},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.040},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/52097},
}