Journal of Korea Water Resources Association (한국수자원학회논문집)

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Measurement do Water Content in Sandy-Gravelly Soils using Time Domain Reflectometry

TDR(Time Domain Reflectometry)에 의한 사력토(Sandy-Gravelly Soil)의 함수량 측정

  • 김동주 (고려대학교 지구환경과학부) ;
  • 김정석 (고려대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Published : 1999.06.01
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Abstract

Recently, measurement of soil moisture contents using TDR (time domain reflectometry) has been proven to be viable technique. The first empirical model proposed by Topp et al. (1980) has been widely used to determine moisture contents of soils from the TDR-measured dielectric constants. However, applicability of the model was limited to medium-textured soils. In this study, we investigate the applicability of the model to sandy-gravelly soils. Calibration experiments consisted of measurement on travel time of electromagnetic waveform along the parallel TDR rods inserted into samples and gravimetric determination of soil moisture contents. The experiments are performed for two sets of samples different in the length and each set consisted of seven different particle size distributions with various gavel contents. The calibration results show that the Topp equation overestimated the measured moisture content for a given dielectric constant by 3 to 8%. We therefore propose new empirical relationships valid for sandy-gravelly soils.

최근, 국내외에서 TDR(Time Domain Reflectometry)기법을 이용한 토양 함수량 측정이 유용한 기술로써 받아들여져 오고 있다. Topp 등, (1980)에 의하여 최초로 제안된 경험식이 TDR에 의해 측정된 유전상수로부터 토양 함수량을 결정하는 데에 폭넓게 적용되어져 왔다. 그러나, 이 방법의 적용범위는 중간 입자 조성의 토양(Medium-testured soils)에 한해서 제한되어져 왔다. 본 연구에서는 Topp 모델이 사력토(Sandy-gravelly soils)에서도 적용가능한 지를 알아보고자 한다. 검정실험은 토양시료내에 설치된 2선 TDR 탐침을 따라 전송되는 광전자파의 전송시간 측정과 중력법에 따른 토양 함수량 결정의 두 부분으로 구성되었다. 실험에 사용된 토양시료는 2개의 다른 TDR 탐침길이에 대하여 중복시료로서 각 시료당 자갈의 질량 퍼센티지가 다른 7개의 입도 분포로 구성되었다. 계산 결과 Topp이 제안한 식은 주어진 유전상수에 대하여 3내지 8%정도 함수량을 과대 추정하고 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 본 연구에서 사력토에 대한 새로운 경험식을 제안하였다.

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