Data Analysis

All sample calculations were based on the values of minute 1

1/ Run off and infiltration sample calculation:
a) The following formula was used to find the Runoff for column 3:
Runoff Depth ( mm )=

Volume of Runof f (mm )

CrossSectional Area(m m2)

Where,

The Volume of Runoff is obtained and then converted to mm

The cross-sectional area is the area of the soil box, which in this case
measured out to be 570mm x 570mm.
3

ml1000 m m
=30000 mm
1 ml
CrossSectional Area=( 570 mm )2=324900 mm
30000 mm
Runoff Depth ( mm )=
=0.092 mm
324900mm
Volume=30

b) The following formula was used to find the Infiltration for column 6:
Infiltration Depth ( mm )=

Volum e of Infiltration(mm )
2
CrossSectional Area(m m )

Where,

The Volume of Infiltration is obtained and then converted to mm

The cross-sectional area is the total area of soil subtracts the cardboard
area.
CrossSectional Area=

324000mm2 187310mm2 = 136690mm2

Infiltration Depth ( mm )=

43000mm
=0.315 mm
136690 mm

The sample calculations seen for the Runoff Depth and the Infiltration
depth had been repeated for time values 1-20 min and the following values had
been obtained as seen below in columns 3&5 respectively:

Cumulative
Time (min)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Run of
(mL)
0
30
36
31
33
32
32
32
32
31
32
30
30
30
29
32
10
3
1
1
0.5

Run of
(mL)
0
0.092
0.111
0.095
0.102
0.098
0.098
0.098
0.098
0.095
0.098
0.092
0.092
0.092
0.089
0.098
0.031
0.009
0.003
0.003
0.002

Infiltration
(mm)
0
43
41
51
63
72
80
85
100
96
104
105
110
108
111
110
114
108
99
81
70

Infilstration
(mm)
0
0.315
0.300
0.373
0.461
0.527
0.585
0.622
0.732
0.702
0.761
0.768
0.805
0.790
0.812
0.805
0.834
0.790
0.724
0.593
0.512

Table 1.1 Measured Runoff and Infiltration

Now that the infiltration has been found, the cumulative infiltration can be easily
calculated by adding the values in order as seen below:

Cumulative
Time (min)

Infiltration
(mm)

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

0
0.315
0.300
0.373
0.461
0.527
0.585
0.622
0.732
0.702
0.761
0.768
0.805
0.790
0.812
0.805
0.834
0.790
0.724
0.593
0.512

Cumulative
Infiltration
(mm)
0
0.315
0.615
0.988
1.449
1.975
2.561
3.182
3.914
4.616
5.377
6.145
6.950
7.740
8.552
9.357
10.191
10.981
11.705
12.298
12.810

Table 1.2 Cumulative Infiltration

2/ Cumulative gross depth, infiltration rate and intensity calculation:

a) The following formula was used to find the Cumulative gross depth:
Pcum=R cum + I cum
Where,
Pcum is the cumulative gross depth

Rcum is the cumulative runoff

I cum is the cumulative infiltration

P= 0.315mm + 0.092mm = 0.407mm

b) The following formula was used to find the infiltration rate:
Infiltration Rate (mm /min)=

Infiltration(mm)
Time Interval(min)

Where,
The Infiltration is presented in mm
The time interval is the change in each cumulative time difference
Infiltration Rate ( mm/hr )=

0.315 mm
=0.315 mm /mi n
1 min

c) The following formula was used to find the infiltration rate:

Rainfall Intensity=

( Runoff + Infiltration ) (mm)

Time Interval(min)

Intensity = (0.092 + 0.315) mm/ (1) min = 0.407 mm/min

Cumulat
ive Time

Run
of

Infiltrati
on (mm)

Cumulat
ive run

Cumulat
ive

Cumulat
ive

Infiltrati
on Rate

Intensit
y

(min)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

(mm
)
0
0.09
2
0.11
1
0.09
5
0.10
2
0.09
8
0.09
8
0.09
8
0.09
8
0.09
5
0.09
8
0.09
2
0.09
2
0.09
2
0.08
9
0.09
8
0.03
1
0.00
9
0.00
3
0.00
3
0.00
2

of (mm)
0

Infiltrati
on (mm)
0

Gross
Depth
(mm)
0.000

0.315

0.092

0.315

0.407

0.315

0.407

0.300

0.203

0.615

0.818

0.300

0.411

0.373

0.206

0.988

1.194

0.373

0.469

0.461

0.197

1.449

1.646

0.461

0.562

0.527

0.200

1.975

2.175

0.527

0.625

0.585

0.197

2.561

2.758

0.585

0.684

0.622

0.197

3.182

3.379

0.622

0.720

0.732

0.197

3.914

4.111

0.732

0.830

0.702

0.194

4.616

4.810

0.702

0.798

0.761

0.194

5.377

5.571

0.761

0.859

0.768

0.191

6.145

6.336

0.768

0.860

0.805

0.185

6.950

7.135

0.805

0.897

0.790

0.185

7.740

7.925

0.790

0.882

0.812

0.182

8.552

8.734

0.812

0.901

0.805

0.188

9.357

9.545

0.805

0.903

0.834

0.129

10.191

10.320

0.834

0.865

0.790

0.040

10.981

11.021

0.790

0.799

0.724

0.012

11.705

11.718

0.724

0.727

0.593

0.006

12.298

12.304

0.593

0.596

0.512

0.005

12.810

12.815

0.512

0.514

(mm/min
)
0.000

(mm/mi
n)
0.000

Table 1.3 Calculated Cumulative gross depth, infiltration rate and intensity