| Title |
Evaluating Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Compacted Geomaterials in Road Foundations (Ⅱ) : Numerical Analysis |
| Keywords |
infiltration;drainage;soil-water characteristic curve;coeff. of permeability;unsaturated geomaterials;침투;배수;함수특성곡선;투수계수;불포화 지반재료 |
| Abstract |
A need still exists that the unsaturated condition is to be considered when evaluating the infiltration and drainage capacity for compacted geomaterials in road foundation or embankments. For this reason, numerical analysis were used to analyze the time-dependent unsaturated infiltration and drainage condition depending on various geomaterial types. Therefore, laboratory data from the soil-water characteristic curve tests on geomaterials were adopted from previous studies. In addition, the unsaturated permeability was estimated using SWCC. Then the infiltration and drainage performance of unsaturated compacted soils were evaluated under various conditions based on the proposed method. The results demonstrated that the effect of initial suction and SWCC path on each material could be substantial and the proper application on analysis is very important to enhance the prediction on each capacity. |