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  2. Void ratio - Wikipedia

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    The void ratio of a mixture of solids and fluids (gases and liquids), or of a porous ... when the water content of the sample changes ...

  3. Porosity - Wikipedia

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    Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%. Strictly speaking, some tests measure the "accessible void", the total amount of void space accessible from the surface (cf. closed-cell ...

  4. Permeability of soils - Wikipedia

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    The coefficient of permeability varies with the void ratio as e/sup>/(1+e). For a given soil, the greater the void ratio, the higher the value of the coefficient of permeability. Here 'e' is the void ratio. Based on other concepts it has been established that the permeability of a soil varies as e 2 or e 3 /(1+e). Whatever may be the exact ...

  5. Soil mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Void ratio, , is the ratio of ... The A-Line on the chart separates ... The effects of the water content on the strength of saturated remolded soils can be quantified ...

  6. Water content - Wikipedia

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    Water content or moisture content is the quantity of water contained in a material, such as soil (called soil moisture), rock, ceramics, crops, or wood. Water content is used in a wide range of scientific and technical areas, and is expressed as a ratio, which can range from 0 (completely dry) to the value of the materials' porosity at saturation.

  7. Permeability (porous media) - Wikipedia

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    The global proportionality constant for the flow of water through a porous medium is called the hydraulic conductivity (K, unit: m/s). Permeability, or intrinsic permeability, ( k , unit: m 2 ) is a part of this, and is a specific property characteristic of the solid skeleton and the microstructure of the porous medium itself, independently of ...

  8. Hydraulic conductivity - Wikipedia

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    h' is the average depth of the water level in the hole relative to the water table in the soil (cm), found as ′ = + D is the depth of the bottom of the hole relative to the water table in the soil (cm). Cumulative frequency distribution of hydraulic conductivity (X-data)

  9. Dilatancy (granular material) - Wikipedia

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    In order to specify this behaviour, the initial void ratio, , and the maximum void ratio, , of the material must be entered as general parameters. As soon as the volume change results in a state of maximum void, the mobilised dilatancy angle, ψ m {\displaystyle \psi _{m}} , is automatically set back to zero.