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| Format: | Preprint |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04333 |
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- Suction stress is a fundamental component for applying the effective stress principle in unsaturated geotechnical engineering problems. The present paper aims to understand how the suction stress profiles get influenced if the $m$ and $n$ parameter of the van-Genuchten SWCC model is completely independent. Through the analysis, it is well noted that for constant air entry value, if the $m$ and $n$ relationships are varied, not only the number and the spread of the characteristic regimes get influenced, but the nature and the trend of the suction stress profiles associated with the regimes also alter significantly. A suggestion of selecting the m and n relationships is proposed for obtaining conservative solutions for geotechnical stability problems. The relevance of considering the unconstrained m parameter is established by computing the tensile crack depth of the clayey slope under steady-state infiltration conditions.