Equipment for SWCC

Left: Tempe pressure cell for measurement of drying SWCC up to 100 kPa, Rahardjo and Leong 2003, Leong and Rahardjo 2002, Leong and Rahardjo 1996

Right: Pressure plate cell for measurement of drying SWCC up to 1500 kPa, Rahardjo and Leong 2003, Leong and Rahardjo 2002, Leong and Rahardjo 1996

Volumetric pressure plate for measurement of wetting SWCC, Rahardjo and Leong, 2003, Rahardjo and Leong 2003, Leong and Rahardjo 2002, Leong and Rahardjo 1996

Capillary rise column for measurement of wetting SWCC, Rahardjo and Leong 2003

Apparatus for measurement of geotextile-water characteristic curve, Krisdani et al 2008

References

1. Krisdani, H., Rahardjo, H. and Leong, E. C. (2008). “Measurement of geotextile-water characteristic curve using capillary rise principle.” Geosynthetics International Journal, 15(2), 86-94. doi
2. Rahardjo, H., Leong, E. C. (2003). “Laboratory tests for characterisation of unsaturated soils.” State of the art report. Proceedings of 2nd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Issues. Osaka, Japan, 11-12 November, 1-20.
3. Leong, E. C., Rahardjo, H. (2002). “Soil-water characteristic curves of compacted residual soils.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT 2002, Recife, Brazil, March 10-13, Vol.1, 271-276.
4. Leong, E. C., Rahardjo, H. (1996). “Soil-water characteristic curves from drying and wetting of a residual soil.” Proceedings of 7th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Adelaide, Australia, July 1-5, 418-423.