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Microstructural evolution of expansive clay during drying–wetting cycle
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This paper presents a comprehensive investigation on the microstructural evolutions of expansive clay during a drying–wetting cycle, including pore size distribution (PSD) via mercury intrusion porosimetry and water distribution via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The soil water characteristic curves at different soil densities and soil shrinkage curve are also obtained, and a threshold suction can be identified to distinguish the adsorptive and capillary regimes of pore water. Combined with the water distribution obtained by the NMR technique, the evolutions of the adsorptive water and capillary water during drying–wetting cycle were addressed. The measured PSD curves of the expansive soils at different suctions showed two distinct peaks, corresponding to micropores and macropores, respectively. Both variations of macropores and micropores are irreversible during the wetting–drying cycle, which partly explain the adsorptive water content decreasing when the suction is small.
Microstructural evolution of expansive clay during drying–wetting cycle
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-3268
This paper presents a comprehensive investigation on the microstructural evolutions of expansive clay during a drying–wetting cycle, including pore size distribution (PSD) via mercury intrusion porosimetry and water distribution via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The soil water characteristic curves at different soil densities and soil shrinkage curve are also obtained, and a threshold suction can be identified to distinguish the adsorptive and capillary regimes of pore water. Combined with the water distribution obtained by the NMR technique, the evolutions of the adsorptive water and capillary water during drying–wetting cycle were addressed. The measured PSD curves of the expansive soils at different suctions showed two distinct peaks, corresponding to micropores and macropores, respectively. Both variations of macropores and micropores are irreversible during the wetting–drying cycle, which partly explain the adsorptive water content decreasing when the suction is small.
Microstructural evolution of expansive clay during drying–wetting cycle
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-3268
This paper presents a comprehensive investigation on the microstructural evolutions of expansive clay during a drying–wetting cycle, including pore size distribution (PSD) via mercury intrusion porosimetry and water distribution via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The soil water characteristic curves at different soil densities and soil shrinkage curve are also obtained, and a threshold suction can be identified to distinguish the adsorptive and capillary regimes of pore water. Combined with the water distribution obtained by the NMR technique, the evolutions of the adsorptive water and capillary water during drying–wetting cycle were addressed. The measured PSD curves of the expansive soils at different suctions showed two distinct peaks, corresponding to micropores and macropores, respectively. Both variations of macropores and micropores are irreversible during the wetting–drying cycle, which partly explain the adsorptive water content decreasing when the suction is small.
Microstructural evolution of expansive clay during drying–wetting cycle
Acta Geotech.
Ma, Tiantian (author) / Wei, Changfu (author) / Yao, Chuanqin (author) / Yi, Panpan (author)
Acta Geotechnica ; 15 ; 2355-2366
2020-08-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Drying–wetting cycle , Expansive soil , Microscopic structure , Pore size distribution , Water distribution Engineering , Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics , Solid Mechanics , Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences , Soil Science & Conservation , Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
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