The grading entropy of a soil (S) is derived in terms of the more general concept of statistical
entropy. It consists of two terms: the base entropy (S 0), arising from the difference in the …

This paper deals with three grading entropy-based rules that describe different soil structure
stability phenomena: an internal stability rule, a filtering rule and a segregation rule. These …

Chemical and biological processes, such as dissolution in gypsiferous sands and
biodegradation in waste refuse, result in mass or particle loss, which in turn lead to changes …

The grading entropy concept can be adapted to the field of geotechnics, to establish criteria
for phenomena such as particle packing, particle migration and filtering, through a quantified …

Particle breakage in soils is a well-recognised behaviour. Conventional methods for
quantifying the breakage process rely on calculating the area between the particle size …

This paper is an extension of previous work which characterises soil behaviours using the
grading entropy diagram. The present work looks at the piping process in granular soils, by …

The relation between the grading curve and a physical property (or property function) is
described by a transfer function. It is practically impossible to determine empirically a …

The direct interpolation of a transfer function needs exponentially many data in terms of the
number of the fractions in the grading curve. The suggested transfer function construction …

This study reports on a series of pressure gradient-controlled long-term hydraulic tests on
ten sand-gravel mixtures. It is observed that the cumulative statistical distribution of soil …

The grading entropy is the statistical entropy of the finite discrete grain size distribution on N
uniform statistical cells in terms of the N sieve cells, consisting of two terms, the base entropy …