Effects of microplastics on the water characteristic curve of soils with different textures

Z Wang, W Li, W Li, W Yang, S Jing - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution in the soil severely damages the soil structure and affects the soil
water-holding property, thereby affecting the soil water characteristic curve (SWCC). After …

Effect of basin morphometric parameters on physically-based rainfall thresholds for shallow landslides

RJ Marin, EF García, E Aristizábal - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The morphometric characteristics of a basin have a significant effect on landslide occurrence
and can provide valuable information related to rainfall-induced shallow landslides. Basin …

A new model to determine the thermal conductivity of fine-grained soils

J Bi, M Zhang, W Chen, J Lu, Y Lai - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the study, a three-parameter model was presented to calculate the thermal conductivity at
full range of degree of saturation (S) for fine-grained soils based on the Fredlund and Xing …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Pedotransfer Functions to Estimate Soil Water Retention Curve: A Conceptual Review

U Farooq, M Ajmal, S Li, J Yang, S Ullah - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The soil water retention curve (SWRC) is a vital soil property used to evaluate the soil's
water holding capacity, a critical factor in various applications such as determining soil water …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of microstructure and spatially dependent permeability of soft soil during consolidation deformation

C Zhou, L Yu, Z Huang, Z Liu, L Zhang - Soils and Foundations, 2021 - Elsevier
The fundamental understanding of the consolidation and deformation behaviour of soft soil
is of critical importance in engineering geology. The purpose of this study is to develop a …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of soil–water characteristic curve and relative permeability equations on estimation of unsaturated permeability function

A Rahimi, H Rahardjo, EC Leong - Soils and Foundations, 2015 - Elsevier
Unsaturated permeability function can be estimated by theoretical models from soil–water
characteristic curve (SWCC). To date, there are numerous estimation models that can be …

Hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated specimens of lateritic soil-bentonite mixtures

AA Amadi, KJ Osinubi, JI Okoro - Geotechnical and Geological …, 2023 - Springer
Accurate evaluation of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity (Kunsat) is critical in ensuring the
reliability of the waste disposal structure. In this study, hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated …

Stability analyses of dual porosity soil slope

A Satyanaga, SW Moon, JR Kim - Geomechanics and Engineering, 2022 - koreascience.kr
Many geotechnical analyses require the investigation of water flow within partially saturated
soil zone to incorporate the effect of climatic conditions. It is widely understood that the …

Predicting the entire soil-water characteristic curve using measurements within low suction range

Y Ye, W Zou, Z Han, X Liu - Journal of Mountain Science, 2019 - Springer
The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is widely used in the design and evaluation in
the practice of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering such as the slope stability …

Unsaturated soils permeability estimation by adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system

M Hashemi Jokar, A Khosravi, A Heidaripanah… - Soft Computing, 2019 - Springer
Unsaturated soils permeability (K_ unsat K unsat) is a required parameter when modeling
water flow and transport processes in the subsurface. Having highly nonlinear relationship …