Database of unsaturated hydraulic properties

What does this mean?

The software contains both a database of collected unsaturated hydraulic soil properties on over 6200 soils as well as over 24 theoretical estimation methods for estimating unsaturated soil properties. Laboratory data on the results at theoretical estimations can be imported into the SVFlux software for subsequent modeling.

SoilVision Professional database software is designed to help geotechnical engineers, soil scientists, and hydrogeologists alike to estimate the hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils.

How does SoilVision do it?

SoilVision will compare grainsize data with grainsize data from the database. Matching soil-water characteristic curves may then be plotted to obtain a sense of the possible property variation. Estimates of the unknown soil's properties can also be made according to simpler grainsize data. New curves for the soil are generated and can then be imported into a finite element model.




What is the significance of these estimations?

Unsaturated soils data is required for seepage modeling. Where little or no lab data is available, SoilVision is an extremely useful tool. Instead of spending valuable time and effort on performing extensive laboratory testing, minimal data can be input into SoilVision and reasonable estimates of soil properties can be obtained.

This allows a project to move to the modeling phase quickly -- saving both time and money.

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