Experimental investigations of soil shrinkage characteristics and their effects on the soil water characteristic curve

The magnitude of the volume change in response to changes in the water content is usually described by the soil-shrinkage characteristic curve (SSCC). The void ratio of soil is affected by its shrinkage behavior, and the soil water characteristic curve (SWCC) will be affected. In this paper, a new test platform is introduced to measure the soil shrinkage behavior during the drying process of silicon micropowder (SMP), Guangxi Guiping clay (GGC)...