Research Article

Prediction Method for Hydraulic Conductivity considering the Effect of Sizes of Ellipsoid Soil Particles from the Microscopic Perspective

Table 3

Computed sizes of particles and corresponding values of saturated hydraulic conductivities.

Test id (mm)a (mm)b (mm)Saturated hydraulic conductivities k(cm/s)
Test dataCurrent modelIndraratna modelHazen modelKozeny-Carman model
HorizontalVertical

Indraratna et al. [67]
10.03100.01990.10800.01190.00120.00710.03030.01080.01220.01240.0192
20.06400.04110.22000.03030.00510.03040.12890.04600.040.05030.08
30.18600.11940.62000.310.04350.25811.08910.38950.2320.42290.6761
40.02800.01800.09700.0080.00100.00580.02470.00880.01040.010.0152
50.03400.02180.11900.00870.00150.00860.03640.01290.01440.00890.0182
60.16200.10400.56000.20.03300.19460.82620.29420.18560.20150.4085
70.03300.02120.11500.00980.00140.00810.03430.01220.01380.010.0187
80.03600.02310.12900.01030.00160.00960.04080.01450.01540.010.02
90.03800.02440.13000.0110.00180.01070.04550.01620.01690.010.0211
100.04000.02570.14000.0120.00200.01180.05040.01790.01820.010.0219
110.04100.02630.14000.0220.00210.01250.05290.01890.01930.010.0223
120.04300.02760.15000.0220.00230.01370.05820.02070.02110.01130.0251
130.04100.02630.14000.00920.00210.01250.05290.01890.01970.01090.024
140.08800.05650.31000.09090.00970.05730.24380.08660.06820.04880.1075
150.11100.07130.38000.12140.01550.09150.38790.13830.09890.08140.1754
160.13100.08410.45000.1430.02160.12740.54020.19250.13120.12140.2557
Sherard et al. [68]
10.06400.04110.16430.0250.00510.03160.12890.04700.04040.0230.0683
20.04200.02700.14500.0180.00220.01310.05550.01980.02020.0230.0325
30.13100.08410.45000.0490.02160.12740.54020.19250.13080.05760.2383
40.08300.05330.28800.0220.00870.05100.21690.07720.06140.05760.094
50.15500.09950.54000.0510.03020.17790.75630.26900.17220.07560.3342
60.09600.06160.33000.0390.01160.06840.29010.10340.07890.07560.1173
70.34100.21891.22000.560.14610.85723.66061.29770.62910.79212.0125
80.22500.14440.57780.250.06360.39111.59370.58140.31680.79210.9806
90.76500.49112.90003.80.73534.270418.42336.47902.37664.122910.619
100.50600.32481.66002.60.32171.91478.06022.88801.20494.12295.2769
111.24000.79613.82205.31.932011.610248.404817.4585.25555.017622.769
120.78400.50332.46004.80.77234.628719.34986.96632.47615.01769.5476
130.84400.54183.40005.60.89515.140922.42487.81562.79343.724911.189
140.50400.32361.89431.80.31921.85647.99662.81561.19493.72493.5844
152.27001.45737.999312.26.474738.0824162.217057.62014.201228.0980.832
161.46400.93995.85958.72.693115.486667.472423.5396.909428.0936.87
174.05702.60469.921415.220.6813127.675518.1477189.0436.893192.16273.06
182.65901.70716.828213.98.883954.625222.577618.42418.423992.16130.09
Tsai [39]
10.04000.02570.1380.0250.00200.01190.05040.01790.01860.02720.0247
20.04000.02570.1380.0220.00200.01190.05040.01790.01840.02720.0244
30.03900.02500.1360.0270.00190.01130.04790.01700.01820.02720.0241
40.03900.02500.1360.0240.00190.01130.04790.01700.0180.02720.024
50.03900.02500.1360.0250.00190.01130.04790.01700.01780.02720.0237
60.03900.02500.1360.0270.00190.01130.04790.01700.01770.02720.0236
70.04000.02570.1380.0340.00200.01190.05040.01680.01820.02720.0244
80.09400.06030.3280.1680.01110.06540.27820.09890.07520.24180.1951
90.04900.03150.1730.03110.00300.01770.07560.02680.02590.06130.0454
100.04400.02820.1540.02540.00240.01560.06090.02170.02190.05430.0375
110.04000.02570.1380.02570.00200.01190.05040.01790.01840.04410.0299
120.03100.01990.1090.01290.00120.00710.03030.01070.01210.02560.0177
130.03200.02050.140.01240.00130.00730.03220.01110.0130.02620.0186
140.03100.01990.1090.01330.00120.00710.03030.01070.01240.02620.0181
150.03200.02050.11160.01350.00130.00760.03220.01150.01290.02620.0192
160.03200.02050.11160.01260.00130.00760.03220.01150.01310.02620.0196
170.04300.02760.1510.02180.00230.01370.05820.02070.0210.04410.0342
180.04100.02630.1420.01710.00210.01250.05290.01880.01970.04410.0318
190.03900.02500.1360.02330.00190.01130.04790.01700.01770.04410.0283
200.04200.02700.1480.0240.00220.01300.05550.01970.02030.04410.0322
210.04100.02630.1420.02570.00210.01250.05290.01880.0190.04410.0313
220.03800.02440.1330.02470.00180.01070.04550.01620.01680.04410.0284
230.03700.02380.1310.02410.00170.01010.04310.01530.01640.04410.028
240.03600.02310.1260.02790.00160.00960.04080.01450.01580.04410.0271