Predictive Model for Soil Shrinkage Characteristic Curve of High Plastic Soils

Soil shrinkage characteristic curve (SSCC) is the relationship between gravimetric water content (w) and void ratio for a soil drying under zero external stress. It is mandatory for determining the soil-water characteristic curve and modeling water transport in high plastic soils, which exhibit significant volume change. The knowledge of SSCC is required for calculating the degree of saturation or volumetric water content from the known w....