Factors affecting drying and wetting soil-water characteristic curves of sandy soils

• Main Authors: Yang, Hong, Rahardjo, Harianto, Leong, Eng Choon, Fredlund, Delwyn G.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104306; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7371
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Drying and wetting soil-water characteristic curves (SWCCs) for five sandy soils are investigated using a Tempe pressure cell and capillary rise open tube. The test data are fitted to two SWCC equations using a least-squares algorithm. The obtained fitting parameters and some hysteretic behaviour ar...