Models for predicting the soil-water characteristic curves for coarse and fine-grained soils

LI Yao, SK Vanapalli - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
The focus of this paper is directed towards developing models for predicting the soil–water
characteristic curves (SWCCs) for coarse-and fine-grained soils taking account influence of …

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 …

Correction functions for soil–water characteristics curves extending the principles of thermodynamics

Y Li, SK Vanapalli - Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
The soil–water characteristics curve (SWCC) that is typically measured from laboratory tests
is fit using mathematical models that are based on capillary law and used along with the …

An advanced pore-scale model for simulating water retention characteristics in granular soils

S Mufti, A Das - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurately estimating the soil water characteristics curve (SWCC) has become
indispensable in successfully implementing unsaturated soil mechanics into engineering …

Simple approaches for modeling hysteretic soil water retention behavior

Z Han, SK Vanapalli, W Zou - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Hysteretic soil water retention behavior is the key information required for interpreting and
predicting the hydromechanical responses of unsaturated soils during drying and wetting …

A water retention curve and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity model for deformable soils: consideration of the change in pore-size distribution

R Hu, YF Chen, HH Liu, CB Zhou - Géotechnique, 2013 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper presents a hysteretic water retention curve (WRC) and unsaturated hydraulic
conductivity model for deformable soils based on the change in pore-size distribution (PSD) …

[HTML][HTML] A simple fractal-based model for soil-water characteristic curves incorporating effects of initial void ratios

G Tao, Y Chen, L Kong, H Xiao, Q Chen, Y Xia - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a simple and efficient fractal-based approach is presented for capturing the
effects of initial void ratio on the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) in a deformable …

Modelling the effect of initial density on soil-water characteristic curves

AN Zhou, D Sheng, JP Carter - Géotechnique, 2012 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper presents a simple approach to quantify the effect of initial soil density on the soil-
water characteristic curve (SWCC) of unsaturated soils. This approach is based on an …

Modelling particle-size distribution and estimation of soil–water characteristic curve utilizing modified lognormal distribution function

A Satyanaga, H Rahardjo, Q Zhai, SW Moon… - Geotechnical and …, 2024 - Springer
In unsaturated soil mechanics, the soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) is the most
fundamental soil attribute. All seepage analyses require SWCC to generate the pore-water …

Effects of dry density and grain size distribution on soil-water characteristic curves of sandy soils

CPK Gallage, T Uchimura - Soils and foundations, 2010 - Elsevier
The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) of soil plays the key roll in unsaturated soil
mechanics which is a relatively new field of study having wide applications particularly in …