Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 1
Written by Vladimir Alekseevich VYTOVTOV, Anastasia Viktorovna PRUSHCHIK, Alexey Vladimirovich VYTOVTOV, Denis Sergeevich KOROLEV

The purpose of the research is to justify the method of physical modeling of sprinkling for the study of water-induced soil erosion. The paper presents technical solutions for the laboratory installation that provide modeling of natural precipitation. The research deals with the method of sprinkling runoff sites based on the criteria of similitude using a portable sprinkler. The results of the experiments to study soil absorbing capacity, removal of chemical elements, cumulative soil washout for various degrees of protective plant cover were obtained. The criteria of similitude allow to use the data obtained during sprinkling run off sites for modeling natural rains. The advantages of the proposed sprinkling plant and examples of its use in the field are presented.

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