RANDOM NATURE OF SOIL POROSITY AND RELATED PROPERTIES

This study examines the random nature of soil from a particulate approach. It is shown that the porosity, void ratio, unit weight, and water content are beta or beta-like. It is also shown why the more convenient normal distribution can be used to model the variation of these properties. Because of the closeness of the derived distributions to the normal, the normal distribution can be adopted without loss of accuracy as an approximation for any of these soil properties. This is recommended because of the advantage of relative simplicity and ease of application in practical situations.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Harrop-Williams, K
• Publication Date: 1989-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: p. 1129-33
• Serial:
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9399
  • EISSN: 1943-7889
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jenmdt

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Moisture content; Porosity; Properties of materials; Soil particles; Soils; Stochastic processes; Void ratios; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Soil properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil porosity; Unit weight
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485131
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1989 12:00AM