{"title":"Modeling compaction effects on hydraulic properties of soils using limited information","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.still.2024.106349","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil compaction leads to an increase in bulk density (<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>ρ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>) and a shift in the pore-size distribution towards smaller pores. This in turn changes the soil hydraulic properties (SHP), i.e., the water retention curve (WRC) and the hydraulic conductivity curve (HCC). Up to now, attempts to model the effect of altered <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>ρ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> on SHP has been limited to SHP models that account only for capillary water, neglecting water stored and transmitted in adsorbed films (non-capillary water). We combine a recently developed model for compaction effects on SHP with a SHP model system, which accounts for both capillary and non-capillary water (Peters-Durner-Iden model system - PDI). Due to a plausible course of the PDI-WRC towards oven dryness and a physically based prediction scheme of the PDI-HCC based on the WRC, the new combined approach can fully predict both soil hydraulic functions of compacted soils, even with limited information. The new approach is analyzed via a sensitivity analysis and tested with a large dataset from a silty arable soil. A comparison with an established prediction approach showed that our new approach has slightly better predictive performance within the measurement range and a more plausible course in the dry range. For our field data, the new approach performed best when only 2 of the water retention parameters were scaled based on the known <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>ρ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. One of them determines the adsorptive water content and the other the shift of the capillary retention function on suction axis. Both parameters can be considered model independent, indicating that the new approach may not need calibration for each capillary retention model within the PDI model system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49503,"journal":{"name":"Soil & Tillage Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Soil & Tillage Research","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167198724003507","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"SOIL SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Soil compaction leads to an increase in bulk density () and a shift in the pore-size distribution towards smaller pores. This in turn changes the soil hydraulic properties (SHP), i.e., the water retention curve (WRC) and the hydraulic conductivity curve (HCC). Up to now, attempts to model the effect of altered on SHP has been limited to SHP models that account only for capillary water, neglecting water stored and transmitted in adsorbed films (non-capillary water). We combine a recently developed model for compaction effects on SHP with a SHP model system, which accounts for both capillary and non-capillary water (Peters-Durner-Iden model system - PDI). Due to a plausible course of the PDI-WRC towards oven dryness and a physically based prediction scheme of the PDI-HCC based on the WRC, the new combined approach can fully predict both soil hydraulic functions of compacted soils, even with limited information. The new approach is analyzed via a sensitivity analysis and tested with a large dataset from a silty arable soil. A comparison with an established prediction approach showed that our new approach has slightly better predictive performance within the measurement range and a more plausible course in the dry range. For our field data, the new approach performed best when only 2 of the water retention parameters were scaled based on the known . One of them determines the adsorptive water content and the other the shift of the capillary retention function on suction axis. Both parameters can be considered model independent, indicating that the new approach may not need calibration for each capillary retention model within the PDI model system.
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Soil & Tillage Research examines the physical, chemical and biological changes in the soil caused by tillage and field traffic. Manuscripts will be considered on aspects of soil science, physics, technology, mechanization and applied engineering for a sustainable balance among productivity, environmental quality and profitability. The following are examples of suitable topics within the scope of the journal of Soil and Tillage Research:
The agricultural and biosystems engineering associated with tillage (including no-tillage, reduced-tillage and direct drilling), irrigation and drainage, crops and crop rotations, fertilization, rehabilitation of mine spoils and processes used to modify soils. Soil change effects on establishment and yield of crops, growth of plants and roots, structure and erosion of soil, cycling of carbon and nutrients, greenhouse gas emissions, leaching, runoff and other processes that affect environmental quality. Characterization or modeling of tillage and field traffic responses, soil, climate, or topographic effects, soil deformation processes, tillage tools, traction devices, energy requirements, economics, surface and subsurface water quality effects, tillage effects on weed, pest and disease control, and their interactions.