Simplified equations for the determination of the hydraulic properties of horticultural substrates by one‐step outflow experiments |
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| Authors: | John D. Valiantzas Paraskevi A. Londra |
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| Affiliation: | Agricultural University of Athens, Dept. of Natural Resources Management & Agricultural Engineering, Laboratory of Agricultural Hydraulics, 75 Iera Odos, Athens 11855, Greece |
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| Abstract: | Simplified algebraic equations are derived to calculate directly the Brooks and Corey model parameters using data obtained from one‐step outflow experiments and saturated hydraulic conductivity. The suggested method has been demonstrated only for horticultural substrates and is verified experimentally for four substrates with satisfactory agreement of the results. |
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| Keywords: | horticultural substrates water‐retention curve hydraulic conductivity one‐step outflow method |
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