A Trans-Scale Study on the Influence of Water Content and Particle Size on Matric Suction

Table 1

The measured and calculated results for the equal sphere system.

Diameter/mm	Liquid volume/μL	Pore volume/mm^3	Saturation/%	Volumetric water content/%	left/mm	right/mm	equal/mm	/mm	Ψ/pa
3	0.1	4.09	2.44	1.16	0.33	0.34	0.34	0.58	76.67
	0.2		4.89	2.33	0.43	0.43	0.43	0.75	61.37
	0.5		12.22	5.82	0.52	0.51	0.52	0.77	39.34
	1		24.45	11.65	0.61	0.68	0.65	0.79	17.17
	1.5		36.67	17.47
4	0.1	16.76	0.60	0.29	0.35	0.33	0.34	0.73	98.99
	0.2		1.19	0.57	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.85	75.88
	0.5		2.99	1.42	0.52	0.50	0.51	0.97	58.58
	1		5.97	2.84	0.66	0.60	0.63	1.02	38.24
	1.5		8.96	4.27	0.63	0.77	0.70	1.05	36.75
5	0.1	32.72	0.31	0.15	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.78	99.23
	0.2		0.61	0.29	0.41	0.43	0.42	0.88	78.41
	0.5		1.53	0.73	0.50	0.48	0.49	0.99	64.94
	1		3.06	1.46	0.59	0.62	0.61	1.08	44.95
	1.5		4.58	2.18	0.64	0.70	0.67	1.12	37.78