Laboratory Study on the Stormwater Retention and Runoff Attenuation Capacity of Four Permeable Pavements
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 2
Abstract
Hydrological behavior of pervious pavements during rainfall events is a complex process that is affected by many factors such as surface type, nature of aggregates, layer thickness, rainfall height, rainfall intensity, and the preceding dry period. In order to determine the influence of construction materials on the runoff attenuation capacity of pervious pavements, 16 laboratory models were created with four different cross sections obtained by combining two pervious surfaces and two subbase aggregate materials. Successive rainfall simulations were applied over the laboratory models, measuring lag times, retained rainfalls, and times to peak, and peak outflows were registered for the simulated rainfalls. The results obtained were grouped depending on the materials used and statistically analyzed in order to compare their stormwater retention and runoff attenuation capacities. Both surface type and subbase aggregate characteristics were proven to influence the attenuation capacity of pervious pavements. While subbase aggregate materials highly influence the hydrological performance during the first rainfall simulations, the permeable surface affects the hydrological behavior during the final rainfall events and the retention capacity variation over time.
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Acknowledgments
This study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the research projects REN2003-05278/TECNO and BIA2012-32463, with funds from the State General Budget (SGB—PGE in Spanish) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF—FEDER in Spanish). The authors wish to thank the Santander Roads Group (GCS) and the Construction Technology Applied Research Group (GITECO) of the University of Cantabria, and the companies Bloques Montserrat S.L., Atlantis Corp., Bizkaiko Txintxor Berziklategia (BTB), Danosa and Polyfelt for their collaboration. Valerio C. Andrés-Valeri would also like to thank the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for the Researcher Formation Fellowship (BES-2013-062604) funding for his research activity in the University of Cantabria.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 142 • Issue 2 • February 2016
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Received: Mar 12, 2015
Accepted: Aug 7, 2015
Published online: Oct 1, 2015
Published in print: Feb 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Mar 1, 2016
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