Affiliation:
1. School of Science, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China
2. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Abstract
The soil-water retention curve (SWRC) is fundamental in presenting the hydromechanical characteristics of soils, which are closely connected with soil deformation, permeability, and shear strength. The Fredlund and Xing (FX) model accurately fits the SWRCs of different types of soils over a wide suction range. However, experimental comparisons of the fitting showed that the obtained parameters differ from the physical meanings assigned by Fredlund and Xing. To address this issue, the traditional FX model has been improved, resulting in the proposal of a two-step FX model. Firstly, the FX model is applied without taking the correction coefficient c(ψ) into account to fit the measured SWRC. The values for α, n, and m are then determined and substituted into the FX model to refit the experimental data. Finally, the last parameter Cr can be obtained. The curves resulting from these two steps have a good agreement with the experimental results, and the obtained parameters align better with their physical meanings.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Ministry of Education’s "Chunhui Plan" Collaborative Research Project
Subject
Process Chemistry and Technology,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),Bioengineering
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