PREDICTION OF WATER RETENTION CURVES OF SOILS FROM THEIR GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION CURVE

Aytekin M., Türker E.

3rd Int Conf on Geotechnical Engn for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation/5th Int Conf on Geotechnical and Highway Engn - Practical Applications, Challenges and Opportunities, Semarang, Endonezya, 18 - 20 Mayıs 2011, ss.303-307 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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  • Basıldığı Şehir: Semarang
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Endonezya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.303-307
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the present study, how one can draw soil water retention curve (SWRC) of a soil using its grain-size distribution curve (GSDC) is shown. The relationship between the SWRC and GSDC is explained for a soil taken from a foundation cut. For the soil, SWRC was plotted by one of the experimental methods, which is called as filter paper method. Also, the GSDC was determined experimentally. Finally, a new SWRC was calculated and plotted using the GSDC. At the end, it has been shown that Arya-Paris Model could be employed to estimate the SWRC from the GSDC.