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Field tests of saturated and unsaturated hydraulic parameters of gravelly soil in Xietan landslide

WEI Jin-bing1, 2, DENG Jian-hui1, Tham L. G.3, Lee C. F.3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Water Resources and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; 2. Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; 3. Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • Received:2005-11-07 Online:2007-02-10 Published:2013-08-28

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Abstract: The hydraulic parameters of gravelly soil are difficult to determine due to its high gravel content and large grain size. The field permeability tests of gravelly soils layer of the slidebody of Xietan landslide have been carried out by double ring; and the test results are analyzed by empirical formulas, considering the soil porosity, grain-size distribution etc. Then, the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is tested by the method of tensiometer-moisture content and fitted by Fredlund model. And finally, the unsaturated permeability coefficient of gravelly soil is calculated by empirical formulas based on its SWCC and saturated permeability coefficient. The test data demonstrate that, the saturated permeability coefficient of gravelly soil layer is quite good with permeability coefficient varied between 1.78×10-2cm/s to 3.2×10-2 cm/s; smaller fine grain content, bigger effective grain size and controlling grain size will lead to larger permeability coefficient. Through these works, the unsaturated hydraulic parameters are determined for the unsaturated seepage analysis of Xietan landslide; and the technique can be used as reference for similar soils.

Key words: gravelly soil, unsaturated hydraulic parameter, SWCC, grain-size distribution, Xietan landslide

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