Impacts of a Pervious Concrete Retention System on Neighboring Clay Soils
Publication: Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 1
Abstract
This study evaluated changes in moisture and temperature of clay soils next to an underground aggregate storage bed of a pervious concrete pavement system during the winter in Pullman, Washington. Sensors were installed in order to determine how a neighboring underground aggregate storage bed with retention capabilities might affect neighboring soils such as might occur from installing permeable pavement shoulders next to a roadway. The sensors were located at 30, 60, and 90 cm below the soil surface. According to the findings, none of the soil temperature readings dropped below freezing, nor did the soil moisture readings exceed saturation during the relatively mild winter. Also, during periods of precipitation, the soils near the aggregate storage bed cooled off and then warmed back up faster than soils farther away. The soils near the retention system at depths above the bottom of the aggregate storage bed tended to remain drier than those soils farther away, while closer soils below the bottom of the aggregate storage bed had higher moisture content than those farther away. Therefore, little additional water or colder temperatures are expected on neighboring soils under these conditions from these facilities. However, additional research under colder conditions is warranted to understand what might occur during more severe winters.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the Washington State Department of Ecology Husseman Fund, the Washington State University Facilities Services Department, and the Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates (CESTiCC) for providing implementation and research funding. The authors are also especially grateful to Dr. Somayeh Nassiri and the team of research assistants (Quinn Michael Langfitt, Brandon Scott Werner, Benjamin Nantasai, Milena Rangelov, Zhao Chen, Trace Sendele), Decagon Devices Inc., and the Washington State University Facilities Services Department for their cooperation in different stages of the project.
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Journal of Cold Regions Engineering
Volume 32 • Issue 1 • March 2018
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Received: Aug 30, 2016
Accepted: Jul 13, 2017
Published online: Nov 22, 2017
Published in print: Mar 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Apr 22, 2018
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