Experimental Evaluation of Equivalent Permeability for Permeable Interlocking Concrete Paver (Soil-Block) Composite System

<p>Increase in impermeable area and frequency of intense rainfall cause flooding damages in urban areas. Permeable Interlocking Concrete Paver (PICP) system, which is a composite system comprised of soils and blocks, is considered as one of the solutions to improve the urban water environment, and its applications are increasing rapidly worldwide. It is important to evaluate the initial permeability and its reduction due to clogging. In this study, the permeability and effect of clogging were evaluated based on experimental methods developed. The equivalent permeability and its degradation of PICP systems were successfully evaluated using the prodecure developed, and the equation for equivalent permeability presented quite a good agreement with the experimental results.</p><p>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT : The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of Korean government for the grant from Technology Advancement Research Program (grant no. 20CTAP-C152124-02) and Basic Science Research Program (grant no. 2017R1D1A3B03034563) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education.</p>