HYPROP-FIT to Model Rock Water Retention Curves Estimated by Different Methods

Author:

Caputo Maria ClementinaORCID,De Carlo LorenzoORCID,Turturro Antonietta CelesteORCID

Abstract

The water retention curve, which relates the matric potential, ψ, to the water content, θ, is essential to describe the flow processes in the unsaturated zone and provides useful information for environmental and engineering applications. There are few studies devoted to measuring the rock water retention curves due to the rock’s tightness, which makes it more technically difficult to use specific methods. In this study, we tested four different methods to measure water retention curves of two lithotypes of carbonate porous rocks with the aim to find the most effective to be applied to rock samples. Suction table, evaporation, Quasi-Steady Centrifuge, and WP4-T dewpoint potentiameter methods have been applied. The Quasi-Steady Centrifuge method proved to be the only one capable of determining water retention curves in the entire water content range and capturing the bimodality of the tested media with respect to the other methods. The measured water retention data were fitted with HYPROP-FIT software that allows us to accurately describe the WRCs and obtain critical parameters for the numerical simulation of flow and transport through the vadose zone, which plays a key role in various environmental issues.

Funder

ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Water Science and Technology,Aquatic Science,Geography, Planning and Development,Biochemistry

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