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New Trend to Measure the Saturation Point and Suction in Granular Soil | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 38, 11A, 2020, Pages 1570-1579 PDF (919.91 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.v38i11A.746 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed S.A Al-Gharbawi1; Mohammed y. Fattah2; Mahmood R. Mahmood3 | ||
| 1Ph.D. student, Civil Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad. | ||
| 2Civil Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad | ||
| 3civil engineering department, university of technology, Baghdad, Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| There are many methods to measure the suction and saturation point of any soil and the most used is Tensiometer. The objective of this research is to investigate a new trend to measure the saturation point and suction by using soil moisture content sensors (SMCS) and compare the procedure with tensiometer for the granular soil. The soil in this study has been prepared at three relative densities (5%, 35% and 75%) used. The results show that the readings of SMCS become stable when the water content is more than 20% with different relative densities. The relative density did not affect the SMCS reading when approximately reaching the saturation point. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Granular soil; Matric suction; soil water characteristic curve; tensoimeter; soil moisture content sensor | ||
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