A simplified method for determination of the soil–water characteristic curve variables

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Soltani ◽  
Mahdieh Azimi ◽  
An Deng ◽  
Abbas Taheri
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve ◽  
Simplified Method

A simplified method to estimate the soil-water characteristic curve

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1382-1400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kheng-Boon Chin ◽  
Eng-Choon Leong ◽  
Harianto Rahardjo
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Index Properties ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Simplified Method ◽  
Basic Index ◽  
The One

This paper proposes a simplified method to estimate the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) for both coarse- and fine-grained soils using one-point SWCC measurement and basic index properties. Parameters of the Fredlund and Xing SWCC equation were correlated with the basic properties of 60 soils: 30 soils each of coarse- and fine-grained types. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the location of the one-point measurement at matric suctions of 10 and 500 kPa gave the most reliable SWCC using the proposed method for coarse- and fine-grained soils, respectively. The validity of the proposed method was evaluated using a total of 62 soils collated from published literature with 31 soils each of the coarse- and fine-grained types. The proposed method gives a good estimation of the SWCC and uses fewer parameters when compared with existing one-point SWCC estimation methods.

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