Research Article

Experimental Study of Water Infiltration in Unsaturated Horizontal Sand Columns under Various Air Confinement Conditions

Table 1

Design of the five experiments.

Air ventsExpt. #1Expt. #2Expt. #3Expt. #4Expt. #5

V1 (180 cm)OpenShutShutOpenShut
V2 (120 cm)ShutOpenShutOpenOpen
V3 (60 cm)ShutShutOpenOpenOpen

indicates the open valve farthest from the column inlet.