An investigation into the differences in infiltration capacity between porous and permeable concrete pavers installed on sloping sub-catchments

Terry Lucke; S Beecham

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An investigation into the differences in infiltration capacity between porous and permeable concrete pavers installed on sloping sub-catchments

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An investigation into the differences in infiltration capacity between porous and permeable concrete pavers installed on sloping sub-catchments

Terry Lucke and S Beecham

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference NOVATECH, pp.1-9

International Conference NOVATECH: Planning and technologies for sustainable urban water management, 8th (Lyon, France, 23-Jun-2013–27-Jun-2013)

Novatech Graie

2013

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Civil Engineering

infiltration

permeable pavement

porous paver

water sensitive urban design

This paper describes experimental testing of infiltration rates on a prototype scale sloping permeable pavement bed of size 18m2. Both porous pavers and impermeable concrete pavers with narrow infiltration joints were tested on this bed at slopes of 5 and 10%. While there were differences in performance at the two different slopes, the most noticeable effects were the change in spatial distribution patterns of infiltrated water for the porous paver systems, compared with the impermeable concrete pavers. For all flowrates, the applied water travelled much further down the surface of the porous pavers while for the impermeable concrete pavers, most of the water infiltrated into the gaps between the first few pavers. The next stage for this research is to include a rainfall simulator over the entire pavement bed and then to introduce sediment to the inflow in order to examine the effect of clogging on sloping pervious pavements.

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Title: An investigation into the differences in infiltration capacity between porous and permeable concrete pavers installed on sloping sub-catchments
Authors: Terry Lucke (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
S Beecham (Author) - University of South Australia
Publication details: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference NOVATECH, pp.1-9
Conference details: International Conference NOVATECH: Planning and technologies for sustainable urban water management, 8th (Lyon, France, 23-Jun-2013–27-Jun-2013)
Publisher: Novatech Graie
Date published: 2013
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449082302621
Output Type: Conference paper

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