Discussion: Influence of soil structure and stress history on the soil–water characteristics of a compacted till

Géotechnique ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vatsala ◽  
B. R. Srinivasa Murthy
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Stress History ◽  
Water Characteristics

The influence of soil structure and stress history on the soil–water characteristics of a compacted till

Géotechnique ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Vanapalli ◽  
D. G. Fredlund ◽  
D. E. Pufahl
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Stress History ◽  
Water Characteristics

scholarly journals Soil-water characteristics of weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth ores

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 1452-1464
Author(s):  
Zhong-qun GUO ◽  
Jian-rong ZHOU ◽  
Ke-fan ZHOU ◽  
Jie-fang JIN ◽  
Xiao-jun WANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Characteristics ◽  
Weathered Crust

Measurement of Soil Suction and Soil-Water Characteristics of Bentonite-Sand Mixtures

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pan Hu ◽  
Qing Yang ◽  
Maotian Luan
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Vapor Phase ◽  
Unsaturated Soils ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Phase Method ◽  
Soil Suction ◽  
Compacted Bentonite ◽  
Water Characteristics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Level

The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is a widely used experimental means for assessing fundamental properties of unsaturated soils for a wide range of soil suction values. The study of SWCC is helpful because some properties of unsaturated soils can be predicted from it. Nowadays, much attention has been paid to the behaviours of highly compacted bentonite-sand mixtures used in engineering barriers for high level radioactive nuclear waste disposal. It is very important to study the various performances of bentonite-sand mixtures in order to insure the safety of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) repository. After an introduction to vapor phase method and osmotic technique, a laboratory study has been carried out on compacted bentonite-sand mixtures. The SWCC of bentonite-sand mixtures has been obtained and analyzed. The results show that the vapor phase method and osmotic technique is suitable to the unsaturated soils with high and low suction.

Soil Structure, Soil Water and Drought

2011 ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
Igori Arcadie Krupenikov ◽  
Boris P. Boincean ◽  
David Dent
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Structure

Entrapment, stability, and persistence of air bubbles in soil water

Soil Research ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Peck
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Unsaturated Soils ◽  
Equilibration Time ◽  
Air Bubbles ◽  
Air Entrapment ◽  
Water Characteristics ◽  
Spherical Bubbles ◽  
Entrapped Air

Air bubbles in soil water affect both hydraulic conductivity and moisture content at a given capillary potential. Consequently changes in the volume of entrapped air, which are not included in the specification of relationships between hydraulic conductivity, moisture content, and capillary potential, will affect all soil-water interactions. Current understanding of the process of air bubble entrapment during infiltration suggests that, in nature, significant air entrapment will often occur. It is shown that infiltrating water can dissolve only a very small volume of air, much less than the amount usually entrapped. Air bubbles in saturated soils are unstable since their pressure must exceed atmospheric, resulting in a diffusive flux of dissolved air from bubbles to menisci contacting the external atmosphere. However, stable bubbles are possible in unsaturated soils. Bubbles which are constrained by pore architecture to non-spherical shapes are usually stable, and spherical bubbles can be stable when the magnitude of the capillary potential exceeds about 3 bars. An approximate analysis of the characteristic time of bubble equilibration indicates that, in an example, it is of order 104 sec, but it may be greater or less by at least a factor 10. Since the equilibration time will be often at least as large as the period of significant soil temperature changes, it cannot be assumed that the entrapped air in a field soil is in an equilibrium state. In such circumstances unstable bubbles may be quasi-permanent. It is suggested that the slow growth of entrapped bubbles may account for the anomalously slow release of water observed in some outflow experiments. Changes of entrapped air volume may also account for the reported dependence of soil-water characteristics on the magnitude of the steps of capillary potential.

Soil-water characteristics of compacted sandy and cemented soils with and without vegetation

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 1331-1344 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.M. Yan ◽  
Guanghui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Pore Water Pressure ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Material Density ◽  
Water Characteristics ◽  
Field And Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Humidity Monitoring

Experiments were undertaken to study the soil-water characteristics of compacted sandy soil (SS) and cemented soil (CS) in field and laboratory conditions. The influence of vegetation and material density on the development of negative pore-water pressure (PWP) and degree of saturation (Sr) in the studied materials was investigated. The field planting experiments demonstrated a promising survival rate of Schefflera heptaphylla in both types of material, while the (SS) promoted better growth of the seedlings than the cemented one. In the field study, PWP and Sr of the compacted SS responded noticeably and promptly to natural drying–wetting cycles. However, the responses in the CS were relatively mild. When subjected to the same drying–wetting cycles, PWP responded more slowly and to a smaller magnitude compared with that of the uncemented counterpart. In addition, Sr changed little in CS. An increase in the density of the SS promoted rapid development of negative PWP, while an opposite trend was observed for CS. Attempts have been made to explain the observations from the perspectives of material permeability and change in water content during a drying period in both soil types. Furthermore, in SS, the development of PWP (with a measurement limit of −90 kPa) was minimally affected by the presence of vegetation, while vegetation noticeably helped the development of negative PWP in CS. Bounds of the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCCs) of the studied materials were presented based on estimates from the drying and wetting scanning curves derived from the field monitoring. A corresponding laboratory study was carried out in an environmental chamber with controllable temperature and humidity. Monitoring results from the laboratory agreed qualitatively with those obtained from the field.

scholarly journals A fractal basis for soil-water characteristics curves with hydraulic hysteresis

Géotechnique ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.R. RUSSELL ◽  
O. BUZZI
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Water Characteristics ◽  
Hydraulic Hysteresis
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