BEST
Different GUIs (Graphical User Interface) were developed to ease the use of BEST methods.
Scilab versions (Scilab free software):
- Scilab code for BEST_version_004 – 26/05/2025
- Scilab code for BEST_version_003 – 26/12/2022 (this new version include BEST-slope, BEST-intercept, BEST-steady, BEST-WR and BEST-WR-3T)
- Scilab code for BEST_Version_002 – 25/10/2017 – (this old version include BEST-slope, BEST-intercept and BEST-steady)
Excel VBA version (Di Prima 2013 – video tutorial):
- BEST_1.3.0 – 13/06/2019 – (this version include BEST-slope, BEST-intercept and BEST-steady)
BEST-FW
BEST-FW is a new infiltration model designed to simulate water infiltration under fractional wettability (FW) conditions. The novel approach views the soil surface as an ensemble of two distinct fractions: (1) a water-repellent (WR) fraction, where hydrophobic effects impede water infiltration, leading to an increase in the infiltration rate over time and convex-shaped cumulative infiltration curves; and (2) a wettable (W) fraction, where capillarity and gravity forces predominate, resulting in a decreasing infiltration rate over time until reaching a steady state and exhibiting concave-shaped cumulative infiltration curves. (Di Prima et al. 2024).
- R code for BEST-FW – 21/11/2024
BEST-WR
BEST-WR is an adaptation of the BEST method for the hydraulic characterization of both hydrophilic and water-repellent soils (Di Prima et al. 2021).
- R code for BEST-WR – 07/03/2022
- Excel VBA version for BEST-WR – 08/11/2022
- Scilab code for BEST-WR – (Scilab free software) – 25/11/2021 – (See also the BEST_Version_003 above)
BEST-WR-3T
BEST-WR-3T is a three-term BEST formulation to describe infiltration in water-repellent soils. It does not require the definition of the transient state. (Yilmaz et al. 2022).
- See the BEST_Version_003 above
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