Abstract
The relationship between water content and void ratio is given by the soil shrinkage curve. Such a curve is important to understand the volume change behavior of soils upon drying and it has a direct influence on other properties of an unsaturated soil such as soil-water characteristic curve and shear strength. However, the shrinkage curve is seldom determined as the volume change may not be uniform and cracks may appear during the test depending on the soil type and the method of determination. Therefore, an estimation of soil shrinkage curve will be necessary especially when time is a constraint. In this paper, several methods that have been proposed to estimate the soil shrinkage curve will be evaluated using data from extant literature.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice - Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils |
| Editors | Changfu Wei, Zhenghan Chen, Dean Sun, Yongfu Xu |
| Publisher | CRC Press/Balkema |
| Pages | 785-790 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138029217 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice, AP-UNSAT 2015 - Guilin, China Duration: Oct 23 2015 → Oct 26 2015 |
Publication series
| Name | Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice - Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils |
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Conference
| Conference | 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice, AP-UNSAT 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Guilin |
| Period | 10/23/15 → 10/26/15 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Soil Science