SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF COMPACTED KAOLIN FOR VARIOUS INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT
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https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v76.5431Keywords:
Soil water characteristics curve, suction measurement, compacted kaolinAbstract
The soil water characteristic curve (SWCC), also known as soil water retention curve (SWRC), describes the relationship between water content and soil suction in unsaturated soils. The importance of SWCC can be seen, as the relationship affects geotechnical properties such as shear strength, volume change, permeability and deformability of unsaturated soils. This paper presented a preliminary study on the effect of initial water content and the density on SWCC on unsaturated compacted kaolin. Filter paper technique was used for suction measurement on the unsaturated compacted kaolin soil. Filter paper was used to determine total suction and matric suction through contact and noncontact technique. The calibration curve was used to relate with the gravimetric water content obtained in filter paper with corresponding suction. A comparison on SWCC established through filter paper was also compared with that of the axis translation technique (pressure plate extractor). The study found that the initial water content and the density respectively, have great influence on the SWCC of compacted kaolin. However, the combined effect could be seen significantly at lower suction
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