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Irreversible Thermodynamics for Stress, Strain and Other Soil Physical Property Description

Rickman, R.W. (1972) Irreversible Thermodynamics for Stress, Strain and Other Soil Physical Property Description. Transaction of the ASAE. 15(4):620-623,626.

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Abstract

RHEOLOGIC models used to describe
the mechanical behavior of
soil have recently been reviewed and
summarized in detail by Scott and Ko
(1969). Their review (274 references) is
a "state of the art" report which describes
theoretical and experimental application
to soils of rate process theory,
granular models, and the continuum
models of elasticity, plasticity, and viscoelasticity.
Applications of the various
models were primarily for engineering
rather than agricultural purposes. Continuum
models have received far more
intensive recent application than granular
models. Also, the application of rate
process theory to soils has intensified
with attempts to link particle surface
properties to macroscopic soil stress-strain
behavior. One subject area with
nearly a complete lack of information
was the effect of temperature on soil
stress-strain properties.

Item Type: Article
NWISRL Publication Number: 0209
Subjects: Soil
Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User: Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2010 21:51
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2017 19:41
Item ID: 213
URI: https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/213