Calculation of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity from Soil Moisture Changes in Pressure-Plate Extractor

Pressure-Plate Extractor 내(內) 토양수분함량(土壤水分含量) 변화(變化)로부터 불포화수리전도도(不飽和水理傳導度)의 계산(計算)

A study was carried out to develop a modified Gardner's method, which enabled us to obtain simultaneously both the unsaturated hydraulic conductivities and the moisture retention curves by the use of a soil moisture pressure-plate extractor. The unsaturated hydraulic conductivity was calculated from soil moisture changes under different tension ranges in the pressure- plate extractor by means of Gardner's pressure-plate outflow equation. From 30mbar-tension to 10bar-tension, the unsaturated hydraulic conductivities obtained on three soils (Bonryang sandy loam, Yesan silt loam, and Pogog clay loam) varied $3.09{\times}10^{-2}cm/day{\sim}4.06{\times}10^{-6}cm/day$, $1.34{\times}10^{-2}cm/day{\sim}7.30{\times}10^{-6}cm/day$, and $1.83{\times}10^{-2}cm/day{\sim}8.50{\times}10^{-6}cm/day$, respectively. In comparison with the outflow method, it is inconvenient to perform the periodic determinations of the soil moisture content that require release of the applied Pressure before readjusting the pressure desired for each measurement. Nevertheless, the main advantage of the modified method is that the unsaturated hydraulic conductivities of different soils can be calculated simultaneously with a small amount of each soil sample. It is concluded that the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity can be calculated from soil moisture changes in the soil moisture pressure-plate extractor.

토양(土壤)의 불포화수리전도도(不飽和水理傳導度)와 수분특성곡선(水分待性曲線)을 동시(同時)에 구(求)할 수 있는 방법(方法)을 제안(提案)하기 위하여 Gardner의 유출양법(流出量法)을 변형(變形)하여 soil moisture pressure-plate extractor를 이용(利用)하여 공시토지(供試土壤)에 대(對)하여 실험(實驗)을 수행(遂行)하였다. Cardner의 pressure-plate 유출방정식(流出方程式)을 이용(利用)하여 상이(相異)한 수분장력(水分張力)에서 pressure-plate extractor내(內) 수분함량변화(水分含量變化)로부터 불포화수리전도도(不飽和水理傳導度)를 계산(計算)하였다. 수분장력(水分張力) 30mbar에서 10bar까지 본량(本良) 사양토(砂壤土), 예산(禮山) 미사질양토(微砂質壤土) 및 포곡(浦谷) 식양토(埴壤土)의 불포화수리전도도(不飽和水理傳導度)는 각각(各各) $3.09{\times}10^{-2}cm/day{\sim}4.06{\times}10^{-6}cm/day$, $1.34{\times}10^{-2}cm/day{\sim}7.30{\times}10^{-6}cm/day$ 및 $1.83{\times}10^{-2}cm/day{\sim}8.50{\times}10^{-6}cm/day$로 변(變)하였다. 유출양법(流出量法)과 비교(比較)하여 적당(摘當)한 시간(時間) 간격(間隔)으로 수분정량(水分定量)을 하여야 하고 그때마다 압력(壓力)을 조정(調整)하여야 하는 불편(不便)이 있으나, 동시(同時)에 여러 토양(土壤)의 불포화수리전도도(不飽和水理傳導度)의 계산(計算)이 가능(可能)한 장점(長點)이 있었다. soil moisture pressure-plate extractor내(內) 토양수분함량변화(土壤水分含量變化)로부터 불포화수리전도도(不飽和水理傳導度)의 계산(計算)이 가능(可能)하였다.