Assessing the best performing pedotransfer functions for predicting the soil‐water characteristic curve according to soil texture classes and matric potentials

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-173
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdelbaki
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Soil Texture ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Pedotransfer Functions ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve

The hydrology of Vertosols used for cotton production: II. Pedotransfer functions to predict hydraulic properties

Soil Research ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 479 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Vervoort ◽  
B. Minasny ◽  
S. R. Cattle
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Hydraulic Properties ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Pedotransfer Functions ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Total Carbon Content ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve

Using a range of earlier published results and a recently published dataset, pedotransfer functions (PTFs) were developed to predict some hydraulic properties of Vertosols. A fitting approach using neural networks was employed with good results to predict the soil water characteristic curve. The developed functions are complex due to the large numbers of parameters, but moisture contents are predicted to within 5%. Other PTFs to predict the moisture content at the drained upper limit (DUL) and lower limit (LL), and bulk density in the normal shrinkage curve, were developed using multiple linear regression. The PTFs to predict the soil water characteristic curve, DUL and LL, and the bulk density in the normal shrinkage zone were mainly based on total clay, sand, and silt contents and bulk density, with minor contributions of ECEC and total carbon content. PTFs for unsaturated hydraulic conductivities were also developed using multi-linear regression and were mainly dependent on silt contents and ESP values. The mean error in these predictions was 2.76 mm/h, which is reasonable for predictions at the field and farm scale where inherent soil variability can cause larger variation. The developed PTFs can be used to predict parameters needed in crop modelling tools such as OZCOT to simulate cotton development on Vertosols. Some further examples of the use of the PTFs for management of irrigation are given.

Determination and Compare Analysis for Soil Water Characteristic Curve Model in Planting Soil in Saline Region of Tianjin

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-341
Author(s):  
Fei CAI ◽  
Xiaohou SHAO ◽  
Zhenyu WANG ◽  
Mingyong HUANG ◽  
Yaming ZHAI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Water ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve ◽  
Curve Model ◽  
Compare Analysis

The Experiment on Soil Water Characteristic Curve Considering the Effect of Urea Concentration

2014 ◽  
Vol 919-921 ◽  
pp. 795-799
Author(s):  
Gai Qing Dai ◽  
Dong Fang Tian ◽  
Yao Ruan ◽  
Lang Tian ◽  
You Le Wang
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Urea Concentration ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Materials Selection ◽  
Valuable Data ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve ◽  
Concentration Test ◽  
The Impact

A new soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) experiment contemplating urea concentration is presented in the paper. We focus on the impact of the SWCC considering urea concentration test method for materials selection and introduction, experimental results, and finally, we have conducted some experiments of SWCC and obtained some valuable data which could affect urea concentration. By using linear fitting, an exponential function between water content and suction and urea concentration is established.

Soil Water Characteristic Curve and its Applications in Tunnel

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 1039-1043
Author(s):  
Yu You Yang ◽  
Qin Xi Zhang ◽  
Gui He Wang ◽  
Jia Xing Yu
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Unsaturated Soil ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Tunnel Construction ◽  
Coupling Theory ◽  
Engineering Analysis ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve ◽  
The Relationship

A soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) can describe the relationship between unsaturated soil matric suction and water content. By analyzing and researching the test data of the soil water characteristic curve researchers can initially establish the SWCC equation and apply this equation to the actual engineering analysis. In another words, this article is based on the fluid-solid coupling theory of unsaturated soil used to analyze and study the problem of land subsidence caused by tunnel construction. Numerical calculations show that the coupling results agree well with the measured curve works.

A relationship describing the shear strength of unsaturated soils

1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daud W Rassam ◽  
David J Williams
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Nonlinear Regression ◽  
Unsaturated Soils ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Matric Suction ◽  
Linear Increase ◽  
Soil Water Characteristic Curve ◽  
Stress Dependent

A relationship describing the shear-strength profile of a desiccating soil deposit is essential for the purpose of analysis, especially when a numerical method is adopted where each zone in a discretised grid is assigned an elevation-dependent shear-strength value. The matric-suction profile of a desiccating soil deposit is nonlinear. Up to the air-entry value, an increase in matric suction is associated with a linear increase in shear strength. Beyond air entry, as the soil starts to desaturate, a nonlinear increase in shear strength occurs. The soil-water characteristic curve is stress dependent, as is the shear-strength gain as matric suction increases. In this paper, a three-dimensional, nonlinear regression analysis showed that a power-additive function is suitable to describe the variation of the shear strength of unsaturated soils with matric suction. The proposed function incorporates the effect of normal stress on the contribution of matric suction to the shear strength.Key words: air-entry value, matric suction, nonlinear regression, soil-water characteristic curve, tailings, unsaturated shear strength.

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