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LIU Jian-guo, NIE Yong-feng. Fractal Models for Predicting Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Parameters[J]. Advances in Water Science, 2001, 12(1): 99-106.
Citation: LIU Jian-guo, NIE Yong-feng. Fractal Models for Predicting Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Parameters[J]. Advances in Water Science, 2001, 12(1): 99-106.
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Fractal Models for Predicting Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Parameters

  • Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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  • Received Date: January 02, 2000
  • Revised Date: October 17, 2000
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  • The soil structures, including soil particle mass(size) distribution, pore volume distribution and solid-ore interface roughness, are fractals in lin ited length-scales and m ay be represented by mass fractal dimension, pore volume fractal dimension and surface fractaldimension.The functional equations consistentwith the CampbellLaw have been established between fractal dimensions and the hydraulic properties of soils in literatures reviewed.The equations disclose thephysicalmechanign of theCampbellLaw andmay be used to predict soil water retention and hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soil.
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