A high‐resolution global map of soil hydraulic properties produced by a hierarchical parameterization of a physically based water retention model

Y Zhang, MG Schaap, Y Zha - Water Resources Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A correct quantification of mass and energy exchange processes among Earth's land
surface, groundwater, and atmosphere requires an accurate parameterization of soil …

[HTML][HTML] Soil-water characteristic curve of expansive soils considering cumulative damage effects of wetting and drying cycles

Y Liu, Y Zhao, SK Vanapalli, M Mehmood - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel experimental program was undertaken to explore crack development inside an
expansive soil column under cyclic Wetting and Drying (WD) and its influences on the Soil …

Framework to estimate the soil-water characteristic curve for soils with different void ratios

Q Zhai, H Rahardjo, A Satyanaga, G Dai… - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2020 - Springer
The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) contains information regarding the geometric
pore space in a soil and is commonly used to estimate unsaturated soil properties, such as …

Role of bimodal water retention curve on the unsaturated shear strength

A Satyanaga, N Bairakhmetov, JR Kim, SW Moon - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Changes in climatic conditions are expected globally resulting in a higher rainfall intensity
and longer duration of rainfall. The increase in the rainwater infiltration into the soil …

Experimental and modeling study of water-retention behavior of fine-grained soils with dual-porosity structures

J Qian, Z Lin, Z Shi - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Dual-porosity structures of fine-grained soils can noticeably affect their ability to retain water.
This work jointly employs axis translation technique, filter paper method, and vapor …

Prediction of the soil–water characteristic curves for the fine-grained soils with different initial void ratios

Q Zhai, Y Zhu, H Rahardjo, A Satyanaga, G Dai… - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
Soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) contains the key information related to the
hydromechanical properties of unsaturated soil. It is noted that the shapes of the SWCC for …

A general best-fitting equation for the multimodal soil–water characteristic curve

Y Zhao, H Rahardjo, A Satyanaga, Q Zhai… - Geotechnical and …, 2023 - Springer
The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) is one of the most crucial and fundamental soil
properties in unsaturated soil mechanics. Many theories and equations have been …

Effects of hysteresis on hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soil

J Kim, W Hwang, Y Kim - Engineering Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Hysteresis is a common feature in the hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils. At a given
matric suction, the volumetric water content on a wetting curve is always lower than that on a …

A novel equation for simulating the bimodal soil–water retention curve of unsaturated soils

Y Gao, Y Fu, J Chen, D Sun - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
Unsaturated soils with bimodal pore structures, such as many residual and colluvial soils,
are widespread in nature. Bimodal pore structures can noticeably influence their soil–water …

Role of the pore-size distribution function on water flow in unsaturated soil

Q Zhai, H Rahardjo, A Satyanaga, G Dai - Journal of Zhejiang …, 2018 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
The hydraulic properties of soil (ie soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) and coefficient of
permeability) govern the moisture flow in it. Previous research has indicated that the …