Table 2 Fitting parameters of the VG model.

From: Assessing the relationships among the initial conditions, PSD and SWCC of compacted soil

Density (g/cm3)

α1

n1

m1

α2

n2

m2

Saturated water content

1.31

4.25

1.88

0.53

1885.48

0.77

4.93

0.5148

1.39

5.63

1.63

0.98

1431.65

0.77

4.46

0.4850

1.45

11.84

1.48

1.15

1409.11

0.89

4.02

0.4618

1.52

17.84

1.11

1.18

1170.09

0.91

3.09

0.4370

1.60

29.60

0.99

1.22

1009.66

0.92

2.68

0.4070

1.67

48.15

0.71

2.74

915.49

0.99

1.04

0.3815