FENG Xue1, ZHANG Kan1, LI Bo2, et al. An Experimental Study on Soil Water Infiltration Equations Based on the Information Entropy Method[J]. 2017, 31(2): 57-60.
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FENG Xue1, ZHANG Kan1, LI Bo2, et al. An Experimental Study on Soil Water Infiltration Equations Based on the Information Entropy Method[J]. 2017, 31(2): 57-60. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2017.02.011.
An Experimental Study on Soil Water Infiltration Equations Based on the Information Entropy Method
Based on the water infiltration experiments of sandy loam and clay loam soil
we determined the coefficients of entropy equations (E-Horton
E-Kostiakov
E-Philip
E-Green-Ampt) and general equations (Horton
Kostiakov
Philip
Green-Ampt). Infiltration rates were calculated from these equations
and compared with the data obtained by experimental observations. The results showed that E-Horton
E-Kostiakov
and E-Philip equations were suitable to fit soil water infiltration rates
and that E-Green-Ampt equation over-estimated soil water infiltration rates in sandy loam soil. However
these entropy equations were not suitable to fit infiltration rates in clay loam soil. Compared with the general equations
the entropy equations were more suitable to study infiltration rates in sandy loam soil. Since the entropy equations do not need any calibration parameters
they are feasible to reflect the physical meaning of the parameters and provide a theoretical basis for the optimization of irrigation.