Abstract:
Accurate and cost-effective approaches are required to determine the unsaturated soil
property functions. Past research studies have indicated that particle-size distribution
data of soils are a fundamental and beneficial aspect in this domain. By comprehending
the particle-size distribution data of soils, one can estimate the behavior of unsaturated
soils with greater accuracy and precision.
For the present investigation, an exhaustive examination of the literature was carried out
first, followed by a comparative analysis of the PSD curve fitting capability of various
models that are presently available. The performance of two such models, namely MFU -(2009) and ATU - (2014), was meticulously scrutinized by employing thirty-four PSD
data of fine-grained soils. The PSD curve fitting model that offers an efficient curve
fitting performance was chosen by means of comparing a multitude of statistically
goodness fitting measures.
Through a comprehensive analysis of the literature and comparative studies of preexisting models, an improved unimodal PSD curve fitting model has been proposed and
verified for the fitting of thirty-four PSD data of fine-grained soils.
Based on a thorough examination of literature and a comparative analysis of existing
PSD curve fitting models, it has been determined and validated that the PSD curve fitting
model proposed by ATU et al. in 2014 is the suitable for accurately fitting the PSD curve
of fine-grained soils better was proposed
Moreover, the study made in this research was to improve the curve fitting performance
of ATU and et al - (2014) PSD curve fitting model lead a new improved four parameter
PSD curve fitting model capable for fitting the PSD data of fine-grained soil.
Consequently, the parametric study on the new proposed PSD curve fitting model
parameters are made and reasonable and meaningful descriptive PSD curve that can be
used for the study on unsaturated soil mechanics is proposed.
Keywords: Unsaturated Soil, Unimodal, Curve Fitting.