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A Method For Predicting Unsaturated Soil Permeability Coefficient Based On Clay Content

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  • GAOLIANG TAO

    (Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment, Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Key Laboratory of Health Intelligent Perception and Ecological, Restoration of River and Lake, Ministry of Education, Hubei University of Technology, No. 28, Nanli Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei 430068, P. R. China†School of Intelligent Construction Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan 430223, P. R. China)

  • YINJIE PENG

    (Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment, Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Key Laboratory of Health Intelligent Perception and Ecological, Restoration of River and Lake, Ministry of Education, Hubei University of Technology, No. 28, Nanli Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei 430068, P. R. China)

  • YIMING LIU

    (Innovation Demonstration Base of Ecological Environment, Geotechnical and Ecological Restoration of Rivers and Lakes, Key Laboratory of Health Intelligent Perception and Ecological, Restoration of River and Lake, Ministry of Education, Hubei University of Technology, No. 28, Nanli Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei 430068, P. R. China)

Abstract

The unsaturated permeability coefficient is of importance to study the behavior of the water seepage and contaminant transport in unsaturated soils. The direct measurement of the unsaturated permeability coefficient is time consuming and laborious. Therefore, indirect approaches are usually applied to obtain the unsaturated permeability coefficient. However, indirect methods still have some drawbacks. An indirect method is usually fitted through the soil–water characteristic curve of a special type of soil, which also requires a large workload and its application is limited. To overcome these drawbacks, a fractal model of the relative permeability coefficient of unsaturated soils has been deduced in this study based on the relation between clay contents and fractal dimensions in terms of mass. A new fractal simple prediction method of unsaturated soil absolute permeability coefficient associated with the new fractal model has also been proposed by combining the simple relation between saturated permeability coefficient and air-entry value. The method is validated with the experimental data of existing literature, and the result shows that the proposed model has a higher prediction accuracy.

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  • Gaoliang Tao & Yinjie Peng & Yiming Liu, 2023. "A Method For Predicting Unsaturated Soil Permeability Coefficient Based On Clay Content," FRACTALS (fractals), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 31(08), pages 1-11.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:fracta:v:31:y:2023:i:08:n:s0218348x23401771
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X23401771
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