Influence of Soil Moisture and Dry Bulk Density on the Engineering Properties of an Oxisol Soil

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Main Author: Elvis López Bravo
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Instituto de Investigaciones de Ingeniería Agrícola 2014
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contents Influence of Soil Moisture and Dry Bulk Density on the Engineering Properties of an Oxisol Soil Elvis López Bravo Miguel Herrera Suárez Omar González Cueto Engelbert Tijskens Herman Ramon Ingeniería Tillage Tillage shear test shear test triaxial test Soil mechanical properties were experimentally determined by triaxial compression tests and modi¿ed shear tests. The experimental study was divided in the tests to determine properties related to the soil interface as Young’s Modulus, cohesion and internal friction, conducted by compression triaxial tests; and those properties related to the interface soil-metal, such as soil-metal adhesion and external friction, conducted by the direct modi¿ed shear tests. Soils, however, are in constant changes related mainly to climatic, natural and external factors. All these changes modify the soil mechanical response. To capture the soil strength at different conditions, the mechanical properties above de¿ned were obtained at a different content of water and dry bulk density. A multilevel factorial experimental design was used to combine the soil gravimeter water content w ranging from 16 to 32% with a dry bulk density rd between 1 and 1,4 g/cm3. As a result, a set of statistical regression equations was obtained for predicting the magnitude of the mechanical properties as a function of soil moisture and compaction level. 2014 artículo científico 2306-1545 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=586262040004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5862 Revista Ingeniería Agrícola application/pdf Instituto de Investigaciones de Ingeniería Agrícola Revista Ingeniería Agrícola (Cuba) Num.2 Vol.4
format Artículo científico
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language en
publishDate 2014
publisher Instituto de Investigaciones de Ingeniería Agrícola
spellingShingle Influence of Soil Moisture and Dry Bulk Density on the Engineering Properties of an Oxisol Soil
Elvis López Bravo
Ingeniería
Tillage
Tillage
shear test
shear test
triaxial test
Influence of Soil Moisture and Dry Bulk Density on the Engineering Properties of an Oxisol Soil Elvis López Bravo Miguel Herrera Suárez Omar González Cueto Engelbert Tijskens Herman Ramon Ingeniería Tillage Tillage shear test shear test triaxial test Soil mechanical properties were experimentally determined by triaxial compression tests and modi¿ed shear tests. The experimental study was divided in the tests to determine properties related to the soil interface as Young’s Modulus, cohesion and internal friction, conducted by compression triaxial tests; and those properties related to the interface soil-metal, such as soil-metal adhesion and external friction, conducted by the direct modi¿ed shear tests. Soils, however, are in constant changes related mainly to climatic, natural and external factors. All these changes modify the soil mechanical response. To capture the soil strength at different conditions, the mechanical properties above de¿ned were obtained at a different content of water and dry bulk density. A multilevel factorial experimental design was used to combine the soil gravimeter water content w ranging from 16 to 32% with a dry bulk density rd between 1 and 1,4 g/cm3. As a result, a set of statistical regression equations was obtained for predicting the magnitude of the mechanical properties as a function of soil moisture and compaction level. 2014 artículo científico 2306-1545 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=586262040004 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5862 Revista Ingeniería Agrícola application/pdf Instituto de Investigaciones de Ingeniería Agrícola Revista Ingeniería Agrícola (Cuba) Num.2 Vol.4
title Influence of Soil Moisture and Dry Bulk Density on the Engineering Properties of an Oxisol Soil
topic Ingeniería
Tillage
Tillage
shear test
shear test
triaxial test
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=586262040004