Effects of initial density and drying-wetting cycle on soil water characteristic curve of unsaturated loess
|更新时间:2026-06-25
|
Effects of initial density and drying-wetting cycle on soil water characteristic curve of unsaturated loess
Vol. 32, Issue S2, (2011)
作者机构:
1. 西安理工大学 岩土工程研究所,西安,710048
2. 黄河勘测规划设计有限公司,郑州,450003
3. 中水珠江规划勘测设计有限公司,广州,510610
作者简介:
基金信息:
DOI:
CLC:TU444
Online First:26 August 2011,
Published:2011
稿件说明:
移动端阅览
LIU Feng-yin, ZHANG Zhao, ZHOU Dong, et al. Effects of initial density and drying-wetting cycle on soil water characteristic curve of unsaturated loess[J]. 2011, 32(S2).
DOI:
LIU Feng-yin, ZHANG Zhao, ZHOU Dong, et al. Effects of initial density and drying-wetting cycle on soil water characteristic curve of unsaturated loess[J]. 2011, 32(S2).DOI:
Effects of initial density and drying-wetting cycle on soil water characteristic curve of unsaturated loess
Soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) plays a significant role in unsaturated soil mechanics. There are several factors influencing the soil water characteristic curve
such as initial density
dry-wetting cycle and stress
etc. A series of tests are carried out by means of GCTS-type SWCC device for soil water characteristic curve for remoulded unsaturated loess specimens at different bulk densities. Based on test results
after a well-adapted selection of soil water characteristic curve model
the influence of initial bulk density on unsaturated loess soil water characteristic curves are studied through analyzing the best-fitting curve parameters. The two drying-wetting cycles tests for a specimen at certain initial density are also carried out; and the corresponding hysteretic curves are obtained. By developing the concept named “degree of hysteresis” and analyzing the differences of volumetric water content in the drying-wetting cycle test
the SWCC hysteresis behaviour of unsaturated loess is preliminarily studied. The aforesaid results may play a significant role in the investigations on stress-dependent soil water characteristic curve model and the force-water coupled constitutive model.