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Article

Development of Test Equipment for Evaluating Hydraulic Conductivity of Permeable Block Pavements

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea
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Eco-Hitec Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do 17814, Korea
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School of Civil Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28644, Korea
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Sustainability 2018, 10(7), 2549; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072549
Submission received: 24 May 2018 / Revised: 15 July 2018 / Accepted: 16 July 2018 / Published: 20 July 2018
(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Abstract

The use of permeable block pavement has been acknowledged as one of the promising Low Impact Development (LID) strategies to mitigate the harmful effects of depletion of natural surfaces, due to the uncontrollable development of infrastructure and buildings. Numerous studies, associated with drainage properties and long-term performance of this traditional pavement alternative, have been conducted in the past 30 years. Nevertheless, standardized equipment and methodologies are still limited, specifically for small-scale laboratory models. This paper suggests equipment that is capable of evaluating the hydraulic performance of permeable pavement materials in a laboratory set-up, by monitoring permeability and simulating the physical clogging process. Constant head permeability tests with systematic application of fine clogging particles were conducted on three identical permeable block systems (PBS), composed of four stone pavers. Each test system received an equivalent amount of eight years’ particle loading of silica sand, with different size distributions. The experimental results revealed that all the models showed permeability degradation trends similar to those presented in other literature.
Keywords: permeable pavement; hydraulic conductivity; constant head test; clogging; permeability equipment; low impact development; permeable block system permeable pavement; hydraulic conductivity; constant head test; clogging; permeability equipment; low impact development; permeable block system

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Ahn, J.; Marcaida, A.K.; Lee, Y.; Jung, J. Development of Test Equipment for Evaluating Hydraulic Conductivity of Permeable Block Pavements. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072549

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Ahn J, Marcaida AK, Lee Y, Jung J. Development of Test Equipment for Evaluating Hydraulic Conductivity of Permeable Block Pavements. Sustainability. 2018; 10(7):2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072549

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ahn, Jaehun, Aryssa Kathreen Marcaida, Yoongeun Lee, and Jongwon Jung. 2018. "Development of Test Equipment for Evaluating Hydraulic Conductivity of Permeable Block Pavements" Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072549

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Ahn, J., Marcaida, A. K., Lee, Y., & Jung, J. (2018). Development of Test Equipment for Evaluating Hydraulic Conductivity of Permeable Block Pavements. Sustainability, 10(7), 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072549

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