Estimation of permeability function from the soil–water characteristic curve

Q Zhai, H Rahardjo - Engineering Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Because direct measurement is time-consuming and costly, the permeability function of
unsaturated soil is commonly determined by estimation using the soil–water characteristic …

Estimation of unsaturated shear strength from soil–water characteristic curve

Q Zhai, H Rahardjo, A Satyanaga, G Dai - Acta Geotechnica, 2019 - Springer
Many shallow foundations are constructed within the soil layer above the groundwater table,
where the soil remains unsaturated, and the failure of shallow foundation is mostly related to …

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 …

Predicting bimodal soil–water characteristic curves and permeability functions using physically based parameters

X Li, JH Li, LM Zhang - Computers and geotechnics, 2014 - Elsevier
Experimental evidence shows that a gap-graded soil or a widely-graded granular material
may have a bimodal soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) and a bimodal permeability …

Variability of residual soil properties

H Rahardjo, A Satyanaga, EC Leong, YS Ng… - Engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
Rainfall-induced slope failures are commonly observed in residual soil. Due to weathering,
the residual soil properties vary with depths, especially in tropical countries, such as …

Granite residual soil properties in collapsing gullies of south China: spatial variations and effects on collapsing gully erosion

J Xia, C Cai, Y Wei, X Wu - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
Collapsing gully erosion, a special erosion phenomenon in the hilly granitic regions, is an
important factor responsible for the deterioration of the ecological environment in southern …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] 基于VG 模型确定土水特征曲线基本参数

潘登丽, 倪万魁, 苑康泽, 张镇飞, 王熙俊 - 工程地质学报, 2020 - dsjyj.com.cn
摘要土水特征曲线基本参数(进气值, 残余吸力值和反弯点的斜率等) 在非饱和土的强度理论,
渗流理论以及体变特性等方面都是非常重要的参数, 常常通过传统画图法来确定 …

Influence of initial dry density and water content on the soil–water characteristic curve and suction stress of a reconstituted loess soil

Y Jiang, W Chen, G Wang, G Sun, F Zhang - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2017 - Springer
In the northwest of China, many loess landslides have occurred without clear triggering
factors (ie, rainfall, earthquake, human activities, etc.). To better understand and analyze the …

State of practice for use of the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) in geotechnical engineering

DG Fredlund - Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Routine geotechnical engineering practice has witnessed a significant increase in the usage
of unsaturated soil mechanics principles. Laboratory measurement of the soil-water …