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Geostatistical Consideration on the Water Retention Volume and Pore Volume in Unsaturated Granular Material Composed of Various Particles

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In this paper, we propose a conceptual model that evaluates suction and water retention between two spheres with different radii from a microscopic viewpoint. They are quantitatively analyzed as a function of both the distance between two particles and the ratio of the radii. Moreover, this proposed conceptual model is applied to a three-dimensional problem. The model is based on an ideal soil of regular packing. Finally, the results of the conceptual model and experiments are compared.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan, 090

    T. Nakao

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 060

    M. Fujita

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  1. Departments of Systems Design Engineering and Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Keith W. Hipel

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Nakao, T., Fujita, M. (1994). Geostatistical Consideration on the Water Retention Volume and Pore Volume in Unsaturated Granular Material Composed of Various Particles. In: Hipel, K.W. (eds) Stochastic and Statistical Methods in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 10/4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1072-3_11

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