Abstract
The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) has been widely used to estimate the strength and hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils. It is characterized by the drying and wetting paths due to hysteresis. It is important to estimate the moisture capacity and characteristics of SWCCs based on the areas of hysteresis in natural and engineering soils. However, the drying path conventionally used to be adopted for applications on unsaturated soils because the measurement of the wetting path is mainly accompanied by the costly and time-consuming processes with system errors during testing. Thus, this study proposes a more practical method for estimating the wetting path through a newly established empirical approach for sandy soils as.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Event | 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2019 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: Oct 14 2019 → Oct 18 2019 |
Conference
Conference | 16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Taiwan, Province of China |
City | Taipei |
Period | 10/14/19 → 10/18/19 |
Keywords
- Hysteresis
- Soil-water characteristic curve
- Unsaturated Soils
- Wetting path
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology