A Simple Water Retention Model Based on Grain Size Distribution

被引:1
作者
Vidler, Andrew [1 ]
Buzzi, Olivier [1 ]
Fityus, Stephen [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Newcastle, Prior Res Ctr Geotech Sci & Engn, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
来源
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL | 2021年 / 11卷 / 20期
关键词
prediction model; water retention curve; grain size distribution; particle size distribution; CONTACT-ANGLE; HUNTER VALLEY; CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; APOLLONIAN PACKING; COAL-MINES; DENSITY; TAILINGS; PREDICT; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTICLES;
D O I
10.3390/app11209452
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
The Hunter valley region in NSW Australia is an area with a heavy coal mining presence. As some mines come to their end of life, options are being investigated to improve the topsoil on post mining land for greater plant growth, which may allow economically beneficial farmland to be created. This research is part of an investigation into mixing a mine waste material, coal tailings, with topsoil in order to produce an improved soil for plant growth. Implementing such a solution requires estimation of the drying path of the water retention curves for the tailings and topsoil used. Instead of a lengthy laboratory measurement, a prediction of the drying curve is convenient in this context. No existing prediction models were found that were suitable for these mine materials, hence this paper proposes a simple and efficient model that can more accurately predict drying curves for these mine materials. The drying curves of two topsoils and two tailings from Australian coal mines were measured and compared with predictions using the proposed model, which performs favorably compared to several existing models in the literature. Additionally, the proposed model is assessed using data from a variety of fine- and coarse-grained materials in the literature. It is shown that the proposed model is overall more accurate than every other model assessed, indicating the model may be useful for various materials other than those considered in this study.
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