The Similarity Hypothesis and New Analytical Support on the Estimation of Horizontal Infiltration into Sand

Table 1

Saturated hydraulic conductivity 𝐾₀ and parameters 𝑎, 𝑛, 𝑚, 𝑞₀, and 𝑞_𝑟 of the van Genuchten [6] model for the wetting water retention curve of the marine sand and the coefficient of determination 𝑟².

𝐾0	𝑎	𝑛	𝑚	𝜃0	𝜃𝑟	𝑟^2
(m·s^-1)	(m^-1)			(m^3·m^-3)	(m^3·m^-3)
0.0001583	4.1	17	0.9412	0.3870	0.0187	0.991