Hydraulic conductivity and material properties of pervious pavers with special upper layer

OF THE THESIS ............................................................................................ ii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................... iv Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 Objective ........................................................................................................................ 8 Hydraulic Conductivity Tests ...................................................................................... 10 Experiment Set-up for Hydraulic Conductivity Tests ............................................. 10 Methods of Hydraulic Conductivity Tests ............................................................... 16 Results of Hydraulic Conductivity Tests ................................................................. 17 Porosity Measurements ................................................................................................ 25 Methods of Porosity Measurements ....................................................................... 25 Results of Porosity Measurements ........................................................................... 26 Porous Bricks Strength Tests ....................................................................................... 33 Methods and Results of Bending Strength Tests ..................................................... 33 Methods and Results of Compression Strength Tests .............................................. 41 Infiltration Capacity Recovery Tests ........................................................................... 47 Measurements of Decrease in Infiltration Rate with Time ...................................... 47 Measurements of Infiltration Capacity’s Full Recovery Time ................................ 52 Discussion .................................................................................................................... 55 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 57 Further Research .......................................................................................................... 58 References .................................................................................................................... 59

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