MOISTURE AND VOLUME CHANGES IN UNSATURATED SOILS

In the first part of the paper are presented methods used for water retention curves and shrinkage curve determination needed to forecast soil water movement and volume change of unsaturated soils. Then there are exposed methods for estimation of equilibrium moisture distribution in soil profiles under unpervious pavements or between hydrophilic bodies. The second part of the paper is devoted to water flow in unsaturated soils on horizontal and vertical directions such as infiltration in homogeneous and stratified profiles, capillary rise and to deduce soil water movement equations expressed by non dimensional parameters. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 881647.

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• Authors:
  • Andrei, S
  • Manea, S
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNSATURATED SOILS/UNSAT '95/PARIS/FRANCE/6-8 SEPTEMBER 1995. VOLUME 2
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 945-51

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Flow; Fluid dynamics; Moisture content; Percent saturation; Shrinkage; Soil suction; Soils; Volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 5907: Degree of saturation (mater); 5430: Flow (fluid); 9032: Increase; 5920: Moisture content; 4743: Shrinkage; 4156: Soil; 5771: Suction; 6468: Volume
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729156
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90-5410-583-6
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 12 1996 12:00AM