Research Article

Influence of Degree of Compaction on Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of a Compacted Completely Decomposed Granite

Table 2

Fitting parameters of SWCCs.

SoilDOCInitial dry density, (g/cm3)Saturated volumetric water content, s (cm3/cm3)Gardner (1958)van Genuchten (1980)Fredlund and Xing (1994)Brooks and Corey (1965)
(kPa)

CDG80%1.3280.4950.50.68719.61.2370.19222.60.5031.50.1627.2
90%1.4940.4574.60.72629.31.2470.19829.30.4871.250.20818
95%1.5770.41117.60.73951.591.2500.20040.30.4561.10.20430.2