Calculation of Capillary Rise Height of Soils by SWCC Model

Table 7

Test and calculation results of maximum capillary rise height for 44 kinds of soils.

Test number	Soil sample	Void ratio e	(cm)	Coefficient (cm^−2)	(cm)	Capillary radius (Å)	Measured height (cm)	Results by formula (e/er)/cm	Results by (1) (e/er)/cm	Results by (2) (e/er)/cm	Results by (3) (e/er)/cm
1	CL	0.89	0.001	21	178	2253	309	317 (8/2.5%)	530 (221/72%)	281 (−28/9.1%)	312 (3/1.0%)
2	CL	0.92	0.001	21	202	2158	325	331 (6/1.8%)	530 (205/63%)	271 (−54/17%)	336 (11/3.4%)
3	CL	1.05	0.0008	21	194	2070	324	345 (21/6.5%)	552 (228/70%)	297 (−27/8.3%)	328 (4/1.2%)
4	CL	0.88	0.0007	21	184	2268	319	315 (−4/1.3%)	565 (246/77%)	404 (85/27%)	318 (−1/0.3%)
5	CL	0.88	0.0009	21	192	2001	341	357 (16/4.7%)	540 (199/58%)	317 (−24/7.0%)	326 (−15/4.4%)
6	CL	0.81	0.001	21	199	2171	322	329 (7/2.2%)	530 (208/65%)	309 (−13/4.0%)	333 (11/3.4%)
7	CL	0.98	0.0011	21	195	2089	318	340 (22/6.9%)	520 (202/64%)	231 (−87/27%)	329 (11/3.5%)
8	CL	1.01	0.0007	21	180	2035	344	351 (7/2.0%)	565 (221/64%)	350 (6/1.7%)	314 (−30/8.7%)
9	CH	0.96	0.0008	21	214	2312	317	309 (−8/2.5%)	552 (235/74%)	327 (10/3.2%)	348 (31/9.8%)
10	CH	0.84	0.0006	21	231	2158	328	331 (3/0.9%)	580 (252/77%)	494 (166/51%)	365 (37/11%)
11	CH	0.73	0.0007	21	209	2165	343	330 (−13/3.8%)	565 (222/65%)	492 (149/43%)	343 (0/0%)
12	CH	0.96	0.0006	21	218	2232	329	320 (−9/2.7%)	580 (251/76%)	433 (104/32%)	352 (23/7.0%)
13	CH	1.01	0.0007	21	199	2158	315	331 (16/5.1%)	565 (250/79%)	355 (40/13%)	333 (18/5.7%)
14	CH	0.89	0.0009	21	233	2191	347	326 (−21/6.1%)	540 (193/56%)	310 (−37/11%)	367 (20/5.8%)
15	ML	0.74	0.0018	21	145	2421	288	295 (7/2.4%)	472 (184/64%)	186 (−102/35%)	279 (−9/3.1%)
16	ML	0.90	0.0025	21	165	2524	276	283 (7/2.5%)	439 (163/59%)	110 (−166/60%)	299 (23/8.3%)
17	ML	0.86	0.0029	21	137	2655	259	269 (10/3.9%)	424 (165/64%)	100 (−159/61%)	271 (12/4.6%)
18	ML	0.78	0.0031	21	131	2716	247	263 (16/6.5%)	418 (171/69%)	104 (−143/58%)	265 (18/7.3%)
19	ML	0.74	0.0043	21	158	2636	260	271 (11/4.2%)	385 (125/48%)	78 (−182/70%)	292 (32/12%)
20	ML	0.82	0.0019	21	122	2758	248	259 (11/4.4%)	466 (218/88%)	161 (−87/35%)	256 (8/3.2%)
22	MH	0.72	0.003	21	101	2892	236	247 (11/4.7%)	421 (185/78%)	116 (−120/51%)	235 (−1/0.4%)
23	MH	0.78	0.0022	21	95	2869	257	249 (−8/3.1%)	452 (195/76%)	146 (−111/43%)	229 (−28/11%)
24	MH	0.69	0.0037	21	88	3161	221	226 (5/2.3%)	400 (179/81%)	97 (−124/56%)	222 (1/0.5%)
25	MH	0.81	0.0042	21	94	2737	259	261 (2/0.8%)	388 (129/50%)	73 (−186/72%)	228 (−31/12%)
26	MH	0.72	0.0035	21	88	3079	240	232 (−8/3.3%)	406 (166/69%)	99 (−141/59%)	222 (−18/7.5%)
27	SM	0.62	0.009	25	78	4167	199	180 (−19/9.5%)	312 (113/57%)	40 (−159/72%)	211 (12/6.0%)
29	SM	0.60	0.0085	25	83	4121	204	182 (−22/10.8%)	318 (114/56%)	49 (−155/59%)	216 (12/5.9%)
30	SM	0.62	0.0081	25	80	4190	185	179 (−6/3.2%)	323 (138/75%)	50 (−135/80%)	213 (28/15%)
34	SS	0.42	0.019	25	58	4098	197	183 (−14/7.1%)	238 (41/21%)	31 (−166/84%)	191 (−6/3.0%)
35	SS	0.53	0.012	25	71	4167	184	180 (−4/2.2%)	284 (100/54%)	39 (−145/79%)	204 (20/10%)
36	SS	0.46	0.021	25	61	4491	178	167 (−11/6.2%)	228 (50/28%)	26 (−152/85%)	194 (16/9.0%)
37	SS	0.43	0.015	25	58	4190	180	179 (−1/0.6%)	262 (82/46%)	39 (−141/78%)	191 (11/6.1%)
38	FS	0.52	0.031	25	43	5474	139	137 (−2/1.4%)	190 (51/37%)	16 (−123/88%)	176 (37/27%)
39	FS	0.42	0.052	25	41	6356	110	118 (8/7.3%)	139 (29/26%)	11 (−99/90%)	174 (64/58%)
40	FS	0.49	0.047	25	39	6466	118	116 (−2/1.4%)	149 (31/26%)	11 (−107/91%)	172 (54/46%)
41	FS	0.42	0.055	25	42	7353	98	102 (4/4.1%)	133 (35/36%)	11 (−87/89%)	175 (77/79%)
42	MS	0.38	0.092	25	34	7732	86	97 (11/12.8%)	82 (−4/5%)	7 (−79/92%)	167 (81/94%)
43	MS	0.33	0.1	25	30	8152	83	92 (9/10.8%)	74 (−9/11%)	8 (−75/90%)	163 (80/96%)
44	MS	0.41	0.0864	25	29	8523	79	88 (9/11.4%)	88 (9/11%)	7 (−72/91%)	162 (83/105%)