Influence of soil particle shape on saturated hydraulic conductivity
Autor: | Zofia Zięba |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Materials science
0211 other engineering and technologies Mineralogy TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 02 engineering and technology Surface finish Physics::Geophysics Sphericity Hydraulic conductivity effective pore diameter particle shape Surface roughness Composite material 021101 geological & geomatics engineering Water Science and Technology Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes Mechanical Engineering saturated hydraulic conductivity Hydraulic engineering 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Fly ash Soil water Particle-size distribution 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Particle TC1-978 |
Zdroj: | Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, Vol 65, Iss 1, Pp 80-87 (2017) |
ISSN: | 0042-790X |
DOI: | 10.1515/johh-2016-0054 |
Popis: | The aim of this paper is to define the correlation between the geometry of grains and saturated hydraulic conductivity of soils. The particle shape characteristics were described by the ζ0Cindex (Parylak, 2000), which expresses the variability of several shape properties, such as sphericity, angularity and roughness.The analysis was performed on samples of four soils, which were characterised by the same grain size distribution and extremely different particle structure. The shape characteristics varied from ideally spherical, smooth grains (glass microbeads GM) to highly irregular and rough particles (fly ash FA).For each soil, laboratory tests of saturated hydraulic conductivity (constant head test CHT and falling head test FHT) were performed. Additionally, an empirical analysis of effective pore diameter was conducted with use of the analytical models developed by Pavchich (Wolski, 1987) and Indraratna and Vafai (1997). The models were modified by introducing the ζ0Cindex.Experiments have shown that saturated hydraulic conductivity depends on grains shape and surface roughness. This parameter decreases with the increase in the irregularity of soil particles. Moreover, it was proven that the ζ0Creflects the relationship between effective pore diameter and grain shape characteristics. |
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