[HTML][HTML] An overview of soil–water characteristic curves of stabilised soils and their influential factors

EU Eyo, S Ng'ambi, SJ Abbey - Journal of King Saud University …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since unsaturated soil conditions are normally experienced above the groundwater table,
most treated or stabilised soils for roadworks, earth dams' embankments, landfill sites …

Estimation of wetting hydraulic conductivity function for unsaturated sandy soil

Q Zhai, H Rahardjo, A Satyanaga, Y Zhu, G Dai… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of rainfall-induced slope failures is mainly due to the infiltrated rainwater
which reduces the shear strength of soil. The slope is initially observed in an unsaturated …

Exploring efficiency of biochar in enhancing water retention in soils with varying grain size distributions using ANN technique

A Garg, I Wani, H Zhu, V Kushvaha - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Recently, incentives have been provided in many countries, including Canada and
Denmark, to produce biochar for construction usage. This is done because biochar is carbon …

Modeling the combined effect of initial density and temperature on the soil–water characteristic curve of unsaturated soils

TA Pham, M Sutman - Acta Geotechnica, 2023 - Springer
The soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) plays an important role in solving the stability
and deformation problems of unsaturated soils. In many practical situations, soils are usually …

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 …

Estimation of hydraulic parameters from the soil water characteristic curve

A Angelaki, V Bota, I Chalkidis - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) is one of the most essential hydraulic properties that
play fundamental role in various environmental issues and water management. SWCC gives …

Stress-dependent water retention behaviour of two intact aeolian soils with multi-modal pore size distributions

QY Mu, LL Meng, C Zhou - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The water retention curve (WRC) of unsaturated soils plays a significant role in evaluating
rainfall-induced geohazards in geological and geotechnical engineering, such as ground …

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 …

Determining the soil-water retention curve using mercury intrusion porosimetry test in consideration of soil volume change

WJ Sun, YJ Cui - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2020 - Elsevier
It is well-known that a close link exists between soil-water retention curve (SWRC) and pore
size distribution (PSD). Theoretically, mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) test simulates a …