A new model for capturing void ratio-dependent unfrozen water characteristics curves

A new unfrozen water characteristics curve (UWCC) model is proposed with explicit considerations of both capillarity and adsorption. Capillarity is considered to be dominant when the freezing of soil pore water occurs at higher temperatures, whereas the effects of adsorption are pronounced at lower...

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Published in:Computers and Geotechnics
Main Authors: Q.Y. Mu, C.W.W. Ng, C. Zhou, G.G.D. Zhou, H.J. Liao
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER SCI LTD 2018
Subjects:
Unfrozen water characteristics curve
Capillary water
Adsorbed water
Void ratio
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
POROUS-MEDIA
FROZEN SOILS
FROST HEAVE
SUCTION
PERMAFROST
RETENTION
Computer Science
Engineering
Geology
Interdisciplinary Applications
Geological
Geosciences
Multidisciplinary
permafrost
Online Access:http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/23489
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.04.019
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Summary:A new unfrozen water characteristics curve (UWCC) model is proposed with explicit considerations of both capillarity and adsorption. Capillarity is considered to be dominant when the freezing of soil pore water occurs at higher temperatures, whereas the effects of adsorption are pronounced at lower temperatures. The proposed model is applied to predict UWCCs of silt at different initial void ratios and clay over a wide range of temperatures. It was found that the new model can capture the effects of void ratio on the UWCC. Moreover, the new model can better predict the UWCC over a wide range of temperatures.

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