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An Investigation into the role of site and soil characteristics in onsite sewage treatment 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
The onsite treatment of sewage is common in all rural and regional areas of the world. Due to the public health and environmental risks that these treatment systems pose, the need for adopting performance-based management strategies is gaining increasing recognition. This demands the establishment of performance objectives for onsite sewage treatment and disposal which are based on stringent scientific analysis. A research project was undertaken to identify and investigate the role of influential site and soil characteristics in the treatment performance of subsurface effluent disposal areas. The treatment performances of a number of septic systems on a range of site and soil conditions were investigated together with detailed soil analysis. The changes to soil physico-chemical characteristics of the disposal area due to effluent application and its effluent renovation capacity were found to be directly related to the subsurface drainage characteristics. Significant changes to exchangeable cations and chemical parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity and cation exchange capacity (CEC) can result due to subsurface effluent application. A relationship exists between chemical parameters such as exchangeable Na and Ca:Mg ratio and CEC. A strong correlation also exists between the depth to the restrictive subsurface horizon and observed treatment performance. The study confirmed that soil chemistry can be a valuable predictive tool for evaluating the long-term performance of sewage effluent disposal systems particularly in poorly drained sites. 相似文献
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The main objective of this study was to discuss the efficiency of agricultural land suitability for assessing land use types in rural areas. In this research, El-Nubariya area west of Nile Delta was selected as a case study site, which considers one of the high priority regions for future development in Egypt. As input, a total of ten representative soil profiles and number of observations points were used for collecting soil samples. Based on the field survey, laboratory analysis, and satellite image interpretation in cooperation with geographic information system (GIS), the physiographic map was executed. Three main landscape units were identified as follow: marine deposits, eolian deposits, and river terraces. The soils were classified mainly as Typic Torripsamments, Typic Paleorthids, and Typic Calciorthids. Land suitability assessment was done to define maps of the suitable areas for agricultural production using MicroLEIS microcomputer program and ALESarid-GIS system as well. According to the crop suitability results, the most suitable crops to grow in the study area were maize, melon, potato, sunflower, onion, garlic, olive, and date palm in the order indicated. Generally, the data on land suitability resulting from the evaluation models indicated that 56.1 % of the area is considered as suitable, 30.8 % is moderately to marginally suitable, and 13.1 % is not suitable. The main limitation factors for land suitability are the excess of salts, shallow soil depth, and inadequate drainage conditions. The output results are presented as georeferenced soil suitability maps using GIS utilities. 相似文献
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Land suitability evaluation is prerequisite for assessing the limitations for sustainable land use planning. We used ten site specific criteria (rainfall, texture, drainage, soil depth, slope, distance to major road, distance to nearest sugar mill, erosion hazard, risk of flooding and pH) and applied weighted multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) technique in a geographic information system (GIS) environment to evaluate land suitability for sugarcane cultivation in Bijnor district, India. The weightage of all the parameters was calculated through fuzzy analytical hierarchy process. Sugarcane suitability map was prepared integrating various parameters through weighted overlay analysis. The map was categorized as highly suitable (S1), moderately suitable (S2), marginally suitable (S3) and unsuitable (N). The analysis revealed that of the total cultivable land of the district, largest area (61%) was highly suitable followed by moderately suitable (24%), marginally suitable (7%) and unsuitable (8%) for sugarcane cultivation. Nagina, Najibabad and Bijnor sub-districts need attention of land managers and policy makers to remove the limitations and increase the suitability of sugarcane in such areas. Only 7% area was unsuitable for sugarcane cultivation. Slope, soil depth and erosion hazard were the major limiting factors making the land unsuitable for sugarcane cultivation. Therefore, these areas should be given priority for land and soil restoration efforts. The study showed effectiveness of integrated GIS and MCE approach for land suitability analysis of sugarcane. 相似文献
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In India, rural roads are constantly being constructed. To ensure proper design of rural roads, it is desirable to have an appropriate selection of design parameters. The California bearing ratio (CBR) method of pavement design is the most commonly used method employed for the foundation design of rural roads. In the CBR method, the CBR value of the subgrade soil is critical in deciding the overall thickness of the pavement. Additionally, for good drainage, a typical specification for the pavement foundation design requires the value of permeability coefficient of the subgrade material to be specified. Thus, permeability and CBR constitute two important parameters in the design and assessment of long-term performance of the pavement. In this study, laboratory investigation has been carried out on a number of soil samples procured from a roadwork project site. Preliminary tests, such as index tests and particle size distribution tests, useful for soil classification, were followed by light compaction, CBR and variable head permeability tests. Further, observations from the laboratory investigation are statistically analysed to study correlations among various parameters. Because the predominant soil type found in the study area is alluvial, this study also highlights the suitability of alluvial soils as pavement subgrade material. 相似文献
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Bharpoor S. Sekhon Devinder K. Bhumbla John Sencindiver Louis M. McDonald 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2014,72(7):2345-2356
Choosing soil series scale for assessing phosphorus (P) retention and release characteristics may help relate routinely collected series-specific soil survey data with P retention and aid in designing series-specific P management strategies. Phosphorus retention and release characteristics of pedons collected from two benchmark upland soil series (Berks and Monongahela) and two floodplain (Huntington and Lindside) soil series of West Virginia (USA) were assessed by evaluating P sorption capacity (PSC, Langmuir method) and its major determinants, and effect of different levels of degree of P saturation (DPS) and soil test P (STP, Mehlich-1 P) on the desorbable P (0.01 M CaCl2-extractable) concentrations. The PSC of the two floodplain soils, Huntington and Lindside, was similar but lower than PSC of upland Berks and Monongahela soils. However, thicker A horizons of Huntington and Lindside soils may compensate for their lower PSC. The B horizons exhibited higher PSC than A horizons. However, slow permeability and thinness of such horizons may discount the higher PSC effect. Relationship of PSC with ammonium oxalate extractable Al (AOX-Al) and Fe (AOX-Fe), dithionite–citrate–bicarbonate extractable Al (DCB-Al) and Fe (DCB-Fe), total C, clay content, and pH [soil:water ratio 1:1 (pH-water) and soil:0.01 M CaCl2 solution ratio 1:2 (pH-CaCl2)] showed that in general all except Fe and total C influenced PSC significantly. Aluminum associated with crystalline clay minerals particularly affected PSC, especially of upland soils. Most of the soils did not release considerable P even beyond the conventional critical limit of 25 % DPS for well-drained soils. DPS-desorbable P relationships, though, reflected poor reliability of DPS as an environmental index. At a given DPS and STP, surface horizons released more P than their subsurface counterparts and thus reflected the net sink character of subsurface horizons. Most of the soils did not show considerable release of P even beyond agronomically high STP levels (>23 mg kg?1). The study provides an economical alternative to time and money-intensive lysimetric studies for assessing subsurface P loss. It reveals the workability of integrating environmental P studies with soil survey data and superiority of integrated assessment of environmental indices of P over the use of any single index. 相似文献
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《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1997,60(2):139-155
Soil samples were collected at 420 locations in a 5-km grid pattern in the Istria and Gorski Kotar areas of Croatia, and on the Croatian islands of Cres, Rab and Krk, in order to relate geochemical variation in the soils to underlying differences in geology, bedrock lithology, soil type, environment and natural versus anthropogenic influences. Specific objectives included assessment of possible agricultural and industrial sources of contamination, especially from airborne effluent emitted by a local power plant. The study also tested the adequacy of a fixed-depth soil sampling procedure developed for meager karstic soils. Although 40 geochemical variables were analyzed, only 15 elements and 5 radionuclides are common to all the sample locations. These elements can be divided into three groups: (1) those of mostly anthropogenic origin — Pb, V, Cu and Cr; (2) those of mixed origin — radionuclides and Zn; and (3) those of mostly geogene origin — Ba, Sr, Ti, Al, Na, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Ni and Co. Variation in Pb shows a strong correlation with the pattern of road traffic in Istria. The distributions of Ca, Na and Mg in the flysch basins of southern Istria and Slovenia are clearly distinguishable from the distributions of these elements in the surrounding carbonate terrains, a consequence of differences in bedrock permeability, type of drainage and pH. The spatial pattern of 137Cs from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident reflects almost exclusively the precipitation in Istria during the days immediately after the explosion. 相似文献
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In Hungary loess has long been used for soil reclamation. The main steps of the method are: horizon A and B are removed from a suitable area and their material is stockpiled at the margins of the resulting pit. The loess (horizon C), this way exposed, is excavated and spread over the salt affected soils to be improved then mixed with their upper layer. The pit is named in Hungarian digó (pit). The name of the reclamation process is the digo method or spreading of yellow earth. Digó method is mainly used for the amelioration of salt affected soils with an acid A horizon and its benefits are as follows:
- The acidity of the horizon A is eliminated
- The soil structure is improved
- The amount of calcium (a plant nutrient) is increased
- Soil fertility is improved continuously
- The soil depth is extended which adds to the relative volume of the ground water table.
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为使虹吸排水技术在黄土地区边坡应用中取得更好效果,考虑黄土各向异性进行虹吸排水孔间距设计,基于Neuman理论,利用土质渗透系数差异程度考虑黄土各向异性渗流规律,引用拦截比的概念,并结合降深与影响半径的关系,推导出了一种适合各向异性土体的虹吸排水间距解析解。结果表明：虹吸排水孔间距不仅与渗透系数和降深相关,还与竖向渗透系数与水平渗透系数之比有着较大的关系。在黑方台黄土地区的实际工程案例中,0.4 m为虹吸排水孔的最优间距。数值模拟及解析计算表明,单排排水孔间距在0.4 m的情况下拦截比为49.7%,满足工程实际要求。 相似文献
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A statistical method for estimating rates of soil development in a given region based on calibration from a series of dated soils is used to estimate ages of soils in the same region that are not dated directly. The method is designed specifically to account for sampling procedures and uncertainties that are inherent in soil studies. Soil variation and measurement error, uncertainties in calibration dates and their relation to the age of the soil, and the limited number of dated soils are all considered. Maximum likelihood (ML) is employed to estimate a parametric linear calibration curve, relating soil development to time or age on suitably transformed scales. Soil variation on a geomorphic surface of a certain age is characterized by replicate sampling of soils on each surface; such variation is assumed to have a Gaussian distribution. The age of a geomorphic surface is described by older and younger bounds. This technique allows age uncertainty to be characterized by either a Gaussian distribution or by a triangular distribution using minimum, best-estimate, and maximum ages. The calibration curve is taken to be linear after suitable (in certain cases logarithmic) transformations, if required, of the soil parameter and age variables. Soil variability, measurement error, and departures from linearity are described in a combined fashion using Gaussian distributions with variances particular to each sampled geomorphic surface and the number of sample replicates. Uncertainty in age of a geomorphic surface used for calibration is described using three parameters by one of two methods. In the first method, upper and lower ages are specified together with a coverage probability; this specification is converted to a Gaussian distribution with the appropriate mean and variance. In the second method, absolute older and younger ages are specified together with a most probable age; this specification is converted to an asymmetric triangular distribution with mode at the most probable age. The statistical variability of the ML-estimated calibration curve is assessed by a Monte Carlo method in which simulated data sets repeatedly are drawn from the distributional specification; calibration parameters are reestimated for each such simulation in order to assess their statistical variability. Several examples are used for illustration. The age of undated soils in a related setting may be estimated from the soil data using the fitted calibration curve. A second simulation to assess age estimate variability is described and applied to the examples. 相似文献
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生态适宜性评价有助于优化建设用地空间布局,针对生态适宜性的模糊性以及常权评价的不足,采用局部惩罚型变权来改进空间模糊综合评价方法,并合理确定惩罚水平,能有效突出瓶颈因素对评价结果的限制性作用,更好体现生态适宜性评价的渐变性和模糊性,合理反映生态适宜性状况。结果显示:调权水平为0.25,惩罚水平α为0.8418时,变权评价结果符合实际;陕西延安宝塔区的高、中、低度适宜及不适宜区面积分别占4.63%、20.71%、47.28%、27.38%,且90.26%的建设用地处于高、中度适宜区;不同区域生态适宜性等级受不同的主导限制性指标影响,地形位、距生态保护区距离、距水岸距离等指标影响分布广泛,灾害密度影响城区,距城镇距离影响偏远区域,而土壤质量、有益元素、土地阻力仅影响个别区域。建议加强宝塔城区地质灾害防治与监测,规范城镇建设用地审批,促进边远农村居民点整治,以优化宝塔区建设用地空间布局。 相似文献
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《Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy》1999,24(10):913-920
Climatic change in SE Europe can be characterized by the term aridification, which means increasing semi-aridity, manifested in an increase of mean annual temperature and at the same time in a decrease in the yearly precipitation.The paper deals with research results obtained within the framework of the MEDALUS II project (funded by the Commission of the European Communities). The project had the following objectives:
- 1.(i) Assessment of the impact of global change on the climate of the investigated area, including possible future climates.
- 2.(ii) Physical processes of aridification, including studies of groundwater level change, soil moisture profile dynamics, soil development, vegetation change and soil erosion.
- 3.(iii) Land use change, involving research on present land use and suggestions for the future.
- 1.(i) Statistical analysis of climatic oscillations and computer runs of climatic scenarios,
- 2.(ii) Analysis of ground water data, mapping and analysis of soils and vegetation, assessment of present and future soil, and
- 3.(iii) Land capability assessment through ranking environmental conditions according to the demands of the most widely grown arable crops in Hungary.
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Development of a suitability map for infiltration sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
Infiltration sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) such as soakaways and permeable pavements use the capacity of the subsurface to attenuate surface water. The implementation of SuDS is required by the Floods and Water Management Act 2010, and the associated National Standards for Sustainable Drainage prioritise infiltration over other surface water drainage methods. This paper describes the development of a nationally derived Infiltration SuDS Map that enables preliminary assessment of the suitability of the ground for infiltration SuDS. It shows that national geological and hydrogeological datasets, developed by the British Geological Survey, can be used to support early planning decisions. The map comprises 24 GIS layers that both summarise and provide subsurface information on the suitability of the ground with respect to significant flooding and stability constraints, the drainage potential and considerations relating to ground stability and groundwater protection. The map was validated using an independent database of SuDS installations and was found to accurately describe the ground conditions in all 27 cases. The Infiltration SuDS Map suggests that 34.5 % of the United Kingdom is suitable or probably suitable for free-draining SuDS, but that the potential for infiltration SuDS at the city-scale varies depending on the ground conditions. For example, 60 % of Bradford was deemed as suitable, or probably suitable for Infiltration SuDS, whereas only 19 % of the area of Leicester was similarly classified. 相似文献
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The piezocone penetration test (CPTU) is commonly used as a fast and economical tool to identify soil profile and to estimate relevant material properties in soils ranging from fine to coarse-grained. Moreover, in the case of fine-grained soils (clays and silts), the consolidation coefficient and the permeability can be estimated through the dissipation test. Undrained conditions are commonly assumed for the interpretation of CPTU in fine-grained soils, but in soils such as silts, penetration may occur in partially drained conditions. This aspect is often neglected in data interpretation thus leading to an inaccurate estimate of soil properties. This paper investigates numerically the effect of partial drainage during penetration on the measured tip resistance and the subsequent pore pressure dissipation response contributing to a more accurate interpretation of field data. A realistic simulation of the cone penetration is achieved with the two-phase Material Point Method, modelling the soil response with the modified Cam-Clay model. The approach takes into account large soil deformations induced by the advancing cone, soil–water, and soil–structure interactions, as well as nonlinear soil behavior. 相似文献
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J. L. Lin C. D. Dong C. W. Chen S. H. Chen T. E. Hsieh C. M. Kao 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2017,14(9):1919-1930
A two-stage system for octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD)-contaminated soil remediation was developed. Soil washing using emulsified oil (EO) was applied in the first stage for OCDD extraction followed by the second stage of bioremediation using P. mendocina NSYSU for remaining OCDD biodegradation. The major tasks included (1) determination of optimal soil washing conditions for OCDD extraction by EO, (2) evaluation of feasibility of OCDD biodegradation by P. mendocina NSYSU under aerobic cometabolic conditions using EO as the primary substrate, and (3) assessment of the effectiveness of OCDD removal using the two-stage system. During the soil washing stage, EO with two different oil-to-water ratios (1:50 and 1:200) and pore volumes were tested with initial soil OCDD concentration of 21,000 µg/kg. Results indicate that EO could effectively improve the solubility and desorption of OCDD in soils. Up to 74% of OCDD removal could be obtained after washing with 60 PVs of EO and dilution factor of 50. After the soil washing process, enriched P. mendocina NSYSU solution was added into the reactor to enhance the aerobic biodegradation of remaining OCDD in soils. P. mendocina NSYSU could use adsorbed EO globules as substrates and caused significant OCDD degradation via the aerobic cometabolic mechanism. Approximately 82% of the remaining OCDD could be removed after 50 days of operation, and P. mendocina NSYSU played important roles in OCDD biodegradation. Up to 87% of OCDD was removed through the EO washing and biodegradation process. The two-stage system is a potential technology to remediate dioxin-contaminated soils. 相似文献
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This paper presents semi-analytical solutions to Fredlund and Hasan’s one-dimensional consolidation for unsaturated soils under symmetric semi-permeable drainage boundary conditions. Two variables are introduced to transform two coupled governing equations of pore-air and pore-water pressures into an equivalent set of partial differential equations, which are easily solved by the Laplace transform. Then, the pore-air and pore-water pressures, and soil settlement are obtained in the Laplace domain. Crump’s method is adopted to perform the inverse Laplace transform in order to obtain semi-analytical solutions in time domain. It is shown that the present solution is more applicable to various types of drainage boundary conditions, and in a good agreement with existing solutions from the literature. Furthermore, several numerical examples are provided to investigate the consolidation behavior of an unsaturated single-layer soil with traditional drainage boundary (single or double), and single-sided and double-sided semi-permeable drainage boundaries. Finally, it illustrates the changes in pore-air and pore-water pressures and soil settlement with time at different values of symmetric semi-permeable drainage boundary conditions parameters. In addition, parametric studies are conducted by the variations of pore-air and pore-water pressures at different ratios of air-water permeability coefficient and the depth. 相似文献
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Groundwater availability in the shallow aquifers of the southern voltaian system: a simulation and chemical analysis 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
A steady state groundwater flow simulation model was developed using available well data and general hydrogeological and geological
information, for the Afram Plains area, Ghana. The hydrochemistry of groundwater from wells in the area was then evaluated
to determine its suitability for irrigation and domestic uses. The assessment of the irrigation quality of groundwater from
this area was based on salinity (EC) and sodium adsorption ratios (SAR), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), and permeability
indices (PI). The simulation model reveals that groundwater in the Afram Plains area generally flows from the midsections
in the neighborhood of Tease and surrounding areas, where significant recharge takes place, to the outer regions and discharges
into the Volta Lake in the southern and eastern sections of the area. Flow magnitude and piezometric maps suggest that there
is probably of less potential for groundwater extraction for sustainable irrigation in the central regions of the area, when
compared to the other discharge areas. This study reveals that more than 70% of the samples analyzed fall within the C2–S1
category, referring to the medium level salinity and low sodium. Medium salinity waters may be used for irrigation on coarse
textured soils with good permeability. About 15% of the data fall within the C3–S2 category, referring to water of high salinity
and medium sodicity. High salinity, medium sodicity irrigation water cannot be used on fine-grained soils where drainage is
restricted. This is because restricted flow is likely to result in the accumulation of salts in the root zones of crops, leading
to salinity and soil clogging crisis. About 3% falls within the C3–S3 (high salinity, high sodicity) category. This category
requires special soil management including improved drainage, heavy leaching and the use of chemical amendments on the water.
Only one point plots within the extreme salinity–sodicity range. Concentrations of fluoride, arsenic and other natural elements
in the area generally fall well within the world health standards for domestic water. 相似文献
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Lateritic soils which have been described as highly weathered tropical or subtropical residual soils were studied with an attempt to establish its suitability or otherwise as sustainable material in building bricks and housing development that will meet the present challenge of sustaining the environment without costing too much and maintaining a high standard of strength, durability and aesthetics. Index properties of the tested lateritic soils revealed them as mostly well graded, comprising both cohesive (silt and clay) and cohesionless (sand and gravel) soil fraction. The geotechnical analyses on the studied lateritic soil revealed a strong compressive strength with a relatively sound dry density which could guarantee a good durability in resulting bricks made from these soil materials. Further test on the strength and durability of the compressed earth bricks (CEBs) made from these lateritic soils revealed a brick with compressive strength ranging between 6.33 and 15.57 MPa which is considered to be of good strength coupled with its sound durability strength established over a period of more than one year under a complete cycle of weather and seasonal conditions. In conclusion, lateritic soils from the study area were found to be suitable as materials for bricks (CEB) with good compressive and durability strength which qualifies them as sustainable and cost-effective materials for low-cost housing development. 相似文献
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Soil-water interactions in coastal tundra soils are a potential source of nutrients for surrounding fjordal and coastal ecosystems. Changes in water chemistry and stable isotope composition from three streams in west Spitsbergen were examined to assess the sources and losses of nitrogen, sulfur and carbon in thin organic tundra soils overlying sediments. Studies were undertaken from snowmelt (mid June) through to the end of the summer (September) in both 2001 and 2002. Drainage water chemistry was dominated by the solution of Ca-Mg carbonates with δ13C values in the waters being uncharacteristically high (approx. −2‰ at the end of the season), reflecting a largely open system in which the CO2 is derived equally from the atmosphere and plant/soil sources. Early melt waters had δ34S values dominated by sea salt reflecting the close proximity to the ocean. However, as the season progressed the marine influence lessened. Extrapolation of the data suggests that the origin of non-sea salt δ34S was the oxidation of reduced sulfur from coal particles in the subsoil. Concentrations of inorganic N in stream waters were generally very low. However, values were found to increase as the season progressed, possibly through increased microbial activity in the soil and the early senescence of tundra plants reducing demand. Dual isotope analysis of δ15N and δ18O suggested that the vast majority of snow-pack was assimilated by the soil microbial biomass before being released, recycled and lost to drainage waters. Organic N concentrations in drainage waters were generally equal to or greater than losses of inorganic N from tundra soils. The study demonstrated the effectiveness of stable isotope data for understanding biogeochemical cycling and soil-water interactions in tundra ecosystems. The implications of the results are discussed in relation to climate warming. 相似文献
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This paper presents a simple analytical solution to Fredlund and Hasan's one‐dimensional (1‐D) consolidation theory for unsaturated soils. The coefficients of permeability and volume change for unsaturated soils are assumed to remain constant throughout the consolidation process. The mathematical expression of the present solution is much simpler compared with the previous available solutions in the literature. Two new variables are introduced to transform the two coupled governing equations of pore‐water and pore‐air pressures into an equivalent set of partial differential equations, which are easily solved with standard mathematical formulas. It is shown that the present analytical solution can be degenerated into that of Terzaghi consolidation for fully saturated condition. The analytical solutions to 1‐D consolidation of an unsaturated soil subjected to instantaneous loading, ramp loading, and exponential loading, for different drainage conditions and initial pore pressure conditions, are summarized in tables for ease of use by practical engineers. In the case studies, the analytical results show good agreement with the available analytical solution in the literature. The consolidation behaviors of unsaturated soils are investigated. The average degree of consolidation at different loading patterns and drainage conditions is presented. The pore‐water pressure isochrones for two different drainage conditions and three initial pore pressure distributions are presented and discussed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献