Soil and macro-pores under uniaxial compression. I. Mechanical stability of repacked soil and deformation of different types of macro-pores

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 183-191

  Schaffer B ^a   Stauber, M ^a   Mueller, T L ^a   Muller R ^a   Schulin, R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compaction; Deformation; Macro pore structure; Mechanical stability; Micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; DATA COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DRAINAGE; FARM BUILDINGS; FORESTRY; KETONES; MACROS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PORE STRUCTURE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

(1 1 1) ORIENTATION; CYLINDRICAL PORES; DIFFERENT TYPES; ELSEVIER (CO); FERTILE SOILS; HIGHER LOADS; MACRO-PORES; MEAN DIAMETER; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO CT); MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PORE SPACES; PORE TYPES; SOIL COMPACTIONS; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL PROCESSING; SOIL WATER CONTENT (SWC); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTING; WATER POTENTIAL (WP);

MECHANICAL STABILITY;

AERATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROPORE; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPSOIL; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH; UNIAXIAL TEST;

COMPACTION; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; FORESTRY; KETONES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PAVEMENTS; RADIOGRAPHY; SOIL MECHANICS; STABILITY; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 48149100089     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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