Research Article

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

Table 4

Computational error of theoretical models vs test data.

Test idHydraulic conductivity test data (cm/s)Computational error of theoretical models (%)
Current modelOther models
Indraratna modelHazen modelKozeny-Carman model

Indraratna et al. [67]
10.0119−89.92−40.34154.622.524.2061.34
20.0303−83.170.33325.4132.0166.01164.03
30.31−85.97−16.74251.32−25.1636.42118.10
40.008−87.50−27.50208.7530.0025.0090.00
50.0087−82.76−1.15318.3965.522.30109.20
60.2−83.50−2.70313.10−7.200.75104.25
70.0098−85.71−17.35250.0040.822.0490.82
80.0103−84.47−6.80296.1249.51−2.9194.17
90.011−83.64−2.73313.6453.64−9.0991.82
100.012−83.33−1.67320.0051.67−16.6782.50
110.022−90.45−43.18140.45−12.27−54.551.36
120.022−89.55−37.73164.55−4.09−48.6414.09
130.0092−77.1735.87475.00114.1318.48160.87
140.0909−89.33−36.96168.21−24.97−46.3118.26
150.1214−87.23−24.63219.52−18.53−32.9544.48
160.143−84.90−10.91277.76−8.25−15.1078.81
Sherard et al. [68]
10.025−79.6026.40415.6061.60−8.00173.20
20.018−87.78−27.22208.3312.2227.7880.56
30.049−55.92160.001002.45166.9417.55386.33
40.022−60.45131.82885.91179.09161.82327.27
50.051−40.78248.821382.94237.6548.24555.29
60.039−70.2675.38643.85102.3193.85200.77
70.56−73.9153.07553.6812.3441.45259.38
80.25−74.5656.44537.4826.72216.84292.24
93.8−80.6512.38384.82−37.468.50179.45
102.6−87.63−26.36210.01−53.6658.57102.96
115.3−63.55119.06813.30−0.84−5.33329.60
124.8−83.91−3.57303.12−48.414.5398.91
135.6−84.02−8.20300.44−50.12−33.4899.80
141.8−82.273.13344.26−33.62106.9499.13
1512.2−46.93212.151229.6516.40130.25562.56
168.7−69.0478.01675.54−20.58222.87323.79
1715.236.06739.973308.87142.72506.321696.45
1813.9−36.09292.991501.2832.55563.02835.90
Tsai [39]
10.025−92.00−52.40101.60−25.608.80−1.20
20.022−90.91−45.91129.09−16.3623.6410.91
30.027−92.96−58.1577.41−32.590.74−10.74
40.024−92.08−52.9299.58−25.0013.330.00
50.025−92.40−54.8091.60−28.808.80−5.20
60.027−92.96−58.1577.41−34.440.74−12.59
70.034−94.12−65.0048.24−46.47−20.00−28.24
80.168−93.39−61.0765.60−55.2443.9316.13
90.0311−90.35−43.09143.09−16.7297.1145.98
100.0254−90.55−38.58139.76−13.78113.7847.64
110.0257−92.22−53.7096.11−28.4071.6016.34
120.0129−90.70−44.96134.88−6.2098.4537.21
130.0124−89.52−41.13159.684.84111.2950.00
140.0133−90.98−46.62127.82−6.7796.9936.09
150.0135−90.37−43.70138.52−4.4494.0742.22
160.0126−89.68−39.68155.563.97107.9455.56
170.0218−89.45−37.16166.97−3.67102.2956.88
180.0171−87.72−26.90209.3615.20157.8985.96
190.0233−91.85−51.50105.58−24.0389.2721.46
200.024−90.83−45.83131.25−15.4283.7534.17
210.0257−91.83−51.36105.84−26.0771.6021.79
220.0247−92.71−56.6884.21−31.9878.5414.98
230.0241−92.95−58.0978.84−31.9582.9916.18
240.0279−94.27−65.5946.24−43.3758.06−2.87