Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA ISSN 0046-5828
Vol. 50 No. 1 March 2019
Probability and Statistics Approach for Determining Pore Size Distribution of Coarse-Grain Soil
By R. Kitamura and K. Sako
ABSTRACT: The basic scheme of microscopic mechanical model is proposed to analyze the various mechanical behaviors of unsaturated coarse-grain soil. Physical quantities required for the proposed model are grain size distribution, soil particle density, void ratio and water content. The probability theory and inferential statistics are applied to relate the macroscopic physical quantities used in the conventional soil mechanics to the microscopic physical quantities in the proposed model.
KEYWORDS: Unsaturated soil, Microscopic model, Probability, Grain size distribution, Void ratio, Water content
