Bridging Field and Laboratory Permeabilities of Pervious Pavement Mixtures Using XRCT-Based Numerical Modeling
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 4
Abstract
Drainage capacity of pervious pavement mixtures is commonly measured using a falling head permeameter at hydraulic heads much higher than expected in the field. Recent advancements in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)– and X-ray computed tomography (XRCT)–based modeling eliminates the laboratory challenges of maintaining lower hydraulic heads. However, improper characterization in digital image processing (DIP) and finite-volume simulations resulted in significant errors in permeability measurements and fluid flow behavior. In addition, past studies have identified non-Darcy fluid flow characteristics in pervious pavement mixtures following the Izbash and Forchheimer laws. This paper attempts to bridge this research gap by comparing the Darcy and non-Darcy permeability parameters at different laboratory and field hydraulic heads using advanced XRCT-based modeling. It was found from the analyses that the use of laboratory hydraulic head could result in significant underestimation of permeability parameters compared with the field hydraulic heads for Darcy and Izbash equations (by up to 73%), and overestimation for Forchheimer equations (by up to 216%). Fluid flow behavior in pervious mixtures was found to be in transition flow regime (neither laminar nor turbulent) at both laboratory and field hydraulic gradients. Overall, this study can help in a better fundamental understanding of the current limitations of laboratory measurements and the need for XRCT-based numerical modeling to bridge field and laboratory permeabilities of pervious pavement mixtures.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Volume 36 • Issue 4 • April 2024
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Received: Jan 14, 2023
Accepted: Sep 27, 2023
Published online: Jan 24, 2024
Published in print: Apr 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Jun 24, 2024
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