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  • Environmental Science
  • Material Science

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  • Permeable concrete mitigates urban flooding by allowing water infiltration.
  • Clogging by particulate matter hinders permeable concrete performance.
  • Predicting long-term performance is difficult due to a lack of reliable clogging characterization methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate permeable concrete clogging phenomena.
  • To develop and validate new methods for characterizing clogging potential.
  • To establish reliable service-life prediction models for permeable concrete.

Main Methods:

  • Laboratory testing of diverse permeable concrete samples and aggregate materials.
  • Controlled clogging experiments using flowing water with sand and/or clay.
  • Measurement of permeability changes over multiple clogging cycles.

Main Results:

  • All tested samples exhibited significant permeability reduction.
  • Simultaneous exposure to sand and clay caused the most substantial clogging.
  • Three distinct methods (initial decay, half-life, cycles to clogging) were developed to define clogging potential.

Conclusions:

  • Developed methods provide reliable characterization of permeable concrete clogging potential.
  • Strong linear correlations were found between different clogging potential parameters.
  • These findings enable accurate service-life prediction for permeable concrete applications.