consolidation of soil

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• Consolidation (soil) — Consolidation is a process by which soils decrease in volume. According to Karl Terzaghi consolidation is any process which involves decrease in water content of a saturated soil without replacement of water by air. [citation needed] In general… …   Wikipedia

• Soil mechanics — is a discipline that applies principles of engineering mechanics, e.g. kinematics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, and mechanics of material, to predict the mechanical behavior of soils. Together with Rock mechanics, it is the basis for solving many… …   Wikipedia

• Consolidation — may refer to: Consolidation (business), the mergers or acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones Consolidation (soil), a geological process whereby a soil decreases in volume Consolidation (media), consolidation of United… …   Wikipedia

• Soil compaction — occurs when weight of livestock or heavy machinery compresses soil, causing it to lose pore space. Affected soils become less able to absorb rainfall, thus increasing runoff and erosion. Plants have difficulty in compacted soil because the… …   Wikipedia

• Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

• consolidation —    1. The binding of grains by cementing material to solid matrix [16].    2. The gradual reduction in the water content (void ratio) of a saturated soil, as a result of an increase in the pressure acting on it, because of the addition of… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• National Cooperative Soil Survey — From a Report of Bureau of Soils, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1923. The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) in the United States is a nation wide partnership of federal, regional, state, and local agencies and institutions. This… …   Wikipedia

• Shear strength (soil) — Shear strength in reference to soil is a term used to describe the maximum strength of soil at which point significant plastic deformation or yielding occurs due to an applied shear stress. There is no definitive shear strength of a soil as it… …   Wikipedia

• Vacuum consolidation — (or vacuum preloading) is a soft soil improvement method that has been successfully used by geotechnical engineers and specialist sof ground improvement companies in countries such as China, Korea, Thailand and France for soil improvement or land …   Wikipedia

• History of Soil Science — Justus von Liebig = The early concepts of soil were based on ideas developed by a German chemist, Justus von Liebig (1803 – 1873), and modified and refined by agricultural scientists who worked on samples of soil in laboratories, greenhouses, and …   Wikipedia

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