Permeability functions for unsaturated soils

This paper examines the three categories of permeability functions for unsaturated soils, including empirical, macroscopic, and statistical models. The theoretical backgrounds and performance of each category are examined against various experimental data. The paper also shows that it is possible to...

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Main Authors: Leong, Eng Choon, Rahardjo, Harianto
其他作者: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
格式: Article
語言:English
出版: 2011
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在線閱讀:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101479
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7376
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機構: Nanyang Technological University
語言: English
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總結:This paper examines the three categories of permeability functions for unsaturated soils, including empirical, macroscopic, and statistical models. The theoretical backgrounds and performance of each category are examined against various experimental data. The paper also shows that it is possible to degenerate statistical models to macroscopic models and then to empirical models. A new empirical equation for the permeability function is suggested. The statistical model demonstrates good performance and can be readily applied. In some cases the performance of the statistical model can be further improved with the introduction of a correction factor.