Effect of Net Stress on Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Soils

This note presents results of a laboratory test program that examines the influence of pore volumes on soil water coefficient of permeability in different saturation conditions. Comparing the results, it is observed that the dependency of water coefficient of permeability to void spaces in unsaturated soils follow a different trend than associated in saturated state. The shift of the soil-water characteristic curve within the change of pore spaces is utilized to qualify the opposite detected response of unsaturated water permeability to the change of pore spaces.