FABRICATION AND EVALUATION OF A SINGLE AND DOUBLE RING INFILTROMETERS

ABSTRACT

This paper presents the results of the construction of an improvised double and single ring infiltrometers. The study was carried out at Auchi Polytechnic campus of the Federal Polytechnics Auchi. After the construction, the double ring and single ring infiltrometer were used to carryout infiltration tests at four different locations. The t-test was used to test check the performance of the double and single ring infiltrometers. The results of the soil properties showed that the soil texture was predominantly sandy loam and loam respectively. The result presented herein showed a high significant difference between the performance of the single and double ring infiltrometer at Plot A and no significant in other plots. The total cumulative infiltration depth of the single-ring infiltrometer for the A, B, and C and D fields were 188.30 cm, 59.70 cm, 77.00 cm and 97.00 cm, respectively.  The total cumulative infiltration depth of the Double-ring infiltrometer for the A, B, C and D fields were 123.30 cm, 75.60 cm, 70.50 cm and 95.20 cm, respectively. Generally, the Philip’s model performed better than Kostiakov’s model.

Keywords: Single Ring, Double Ring, infiltrometer, Infiltration, Models

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