Evaluating the influence of specimen preparation on saturated hydraulic conductivity using nuclear magnetic resonance technology
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- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Vadose Zone Journal, 2019, 18 (1)
- Issue Date:
- 2019-01-01
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© 2019 The Author(s). A series of laboratory tests were performed to investigate the influences of specimen preparation on pore size distribution of soil and saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks). Nuclear magnetic resonance technology was used to measure the pore size distribution of the saturated samples of silty soil, which were prepared by three different kinds of methods: Proctor compaction, static compaction, and the consolidation method. The Ks of the samples was measured by the falling head permeability test. The results show that the difference in Ks caused by different specimen preparations can be large as one order of magnitude, as the measured Ks varied from 3.09 ´ 10−3 to 3.36 ´ 10−4 cm s−1. The consolidated specimen tended to have the greatest Ks value, followed by those prepared by Proctor compaction and static compaction. The observed difference highlights the importance of pore structure in determining Ks. This study also presents a pore-information-based theoretical approach for predicting Ks. A comparison of measured data shows that the proposed model performs better than the traditional void-ratio-based models.
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