Soil-Water Characteristic Curves for Unsaturated Soils

• Published in: Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice p. 1
• Main Authors: Rahardjo, H, Fredlund, D. G, Fredlund, M. D
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons 2012; Wiley; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geotechnical Engineering; Pham and Fredlund SWCC equations, two‐point method; soil‐water characteristic curves for unsaturated soils; SWCC, capillarity, and negative pore‐water pressure/soil suction; SWCC, mass of water in soil, water phase energy state
• ISBN: 9781118133590; 1118133595; 1118280490; 9781118280492
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118280492.ch5

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Volume‐Mass Constitutive Relations Equations for SWCC Regression Analysis on SWCC Equations Hysteresis, Initialization, and Interpretation of SWCC Pham and Fredlund (2011) Equation for Entire SWCC Gitirana and Fredlund (2004) SWCC Measurement of SWCC Using Pressure Plate Devices Single‐Specimen Pressure Plate Devices for Geotechnical Engineering Vacuum Desiccators for High Suctions Use of Chilled‐Mirror or Dew‐Point Method Estimation of SWCC Two‐Point Method of Estimating SWCC Correlation of Fitting Parameters to Soil Properties Application of SWCC Guidelines and Recommendations for Engineering Practice