Comparisons of different procedures of pre-compaction stress determination on weakly structured soils

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-63

  Mosaddeghi, M R ^a   Koolen, A J ^b   Hemmat, A ^c   Hajabbasi, M A ^c   Lerink, P ^d  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d Netagco Potato Division bv   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confined compaction; Kneading compaction; Pre compaction stress; Semi confined compaction; Sharpness of pre compaction region; Unstable structure

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPACTION; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

CONFINED COMPACTION; KNEADING COMPACTION; PRE COMPACTION STRESS; SEMI CONFINED COMPACTION; UNSTABLE STRUCTURE;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33751251397     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Casagrande A. The determination of preconsolidation load and its practical significance. In: Proceedings of the international conference on soil mechanics and foundation engineering, vol. III, Cambridge, June 22-26, 1936. p. 60-4.
2. Koolen A.J., and Kuipers H. Agricultural soil mechanics. Advanced series in agricultural sciences vol. 13 (1983), Springer-Verlag, Berlin 235 p.
3. Alexandrou A., and Earl R. The relationship among the pre-compaction stress, volumetric water content and initial dry bulk density of soil. J Agri Eng Res 71 (1998) 75-80
4. Koolen A.J. Deformation and compaction of elemental soil volumes and effects on mechanical soil properties. Soil Till Res 10 (1987) 5-19
5. Koolen A.J., and Kuipers H. Soil deformation under compressive forces. In: Larson W.E., Blake G.R., Allmaras R.R., Voorhees W.B., and Gupta S.C. (Eds). Mechanics and related processes in structured agricultural soils. Proceedings of 2nd Workshop. NATO ASI series (1989), Kluwer, Dordrecht 37-52
6. Söhne W. Fundamentals of pressure distribution and soil compaction under tractor tires. Agri Eng 39 (1958) 276-281 290
7. Lerink P. The kneading distortion apparatus. Soil Till Res 17 (1990) 173-179
8. Eriksson J, Håkansson I, Danfors B. The effect of soil compaction on soil structure and crop yields. Swedish Institute of Agricultural Engineering. Bull. No. 354. Translated to English by Aase JK, USDA-Agric. Reseacrh Service; 1974. 101 p.
9. Salire E.V., Hammel J.E., and Hardcastle J.H. Compression of intact sub-soils under short-duration loading. Soil Till Res 31 (1994) 235-248
10. Arvidsson J., Trautner A., van den Akker J.J.H., and Schjonning P. Subsoil compaction caused by heavy sugarbeet harvesters in southern Sweden. II. Soil displacement during wheeling and model computations of compaction. Soil Till Res 60 (2001) 79-89
11. Arvidsson J., and Keller T. Soil precompression stress I. A survey of Swedish arable soils. Soil Till Res 77 (2004) 85-95
12. Keller T., Arvidsson J., Dawidowski J.B., and Koolen A.J. Soil precompression stress II.A comparison of different compaction tests and stress-displacement behaviour of the soil during wheeling. Soil Till Res 77 (2004) 97-108
13. Alexandrou A., and Earl R. In situ determination of the pre-compaction stress of a soil. J Agri Eng Res 61 (1995) 67-72
14. Dias Junior M.S., and Pierce F.J. A simple procedure for estimating preconsolidation pressure from soil compression curves. Soil Technol 8 (1995) 139-151
15. Koolen A.J. Mechanics of soil compaction. In: Soane B.D., and van Ouwerkerk C. (Eds). Soil compaction in crop production (1994), Elsevier, Amsterdam 23-44
16. Dawidowski J.B., Lerink P., and Koolen A.J. Controlled distortion of soil samples with reference to soil physical effects. Soil Till Res 17 (1990) 15-30
17. Dawidowski J.B., Morrison J.E., and Snieg M. Measurement of soil layer strength with plate sinkage and uniaxial confined methods. Trans ASAE 44 (2001) 1059-1064
18. Dawidowski J.B., and Koolen A.J. Computerized determination of the preconsolidation stress in compaction testing of field core samples. Soil Till Res 31 (1994) 277-282
19. Helwig J.T., and Council K.A. SAS user's guide (1982), Statistical Analysis System Institute, Raleigh (NC)
20. Koolen AJ. Precompaction stress determination on precompacted soil. In: Proceedings of the 9th conference of international soil tillage research organanisation, Osijek, Yugoslavia, 1982. p. 225-30.
21. Alexandrou A., and Earl R. Development of a technique for assessment the behaviour of soil under load. J Agri Eng Res 68 (1997) 169-180