Desiccation cracking and its implications will be more of an issue due to the global warming trends. Soils tend to shrink when they lose moisture. In particular, fine-grained soils are susceptible to shrinkage and the resulting volume change. Shrinkage can cause cracking of soils that can adversely impact the engineering properties and behavior of the soils. As a result, the integrity of struct...

Earth-dam failure starts with cracking in the clay core, and this is not easy to detect prevent. Therefore, swellable a feasible solution, which helps close cracks automatically based on self-healing process. The presented study utilizes experimental procedures analyze swelling behavior of fine-grained clayey soils prevent structural regarding crack generations. In regard, materials were modifi...

Basically, the activity of the methane oxidizing bacteria is limited by the availability of oxygen in the landfill cover soil. Enforced by the use of fine-grained soils like silt, the surface tends to crust due to vertical erosion, blocking pores required for gas exchange. A column study was carried out to examine the impact of vegetation on improving the aeration of critical soil material and ...

The successful establishment of agricultural crops depends on sowing quality, machinery performance, soil type and conditions, among other factors. This study evaluates the operational quality of mechanized peanut sowing in three soil types (sand, silt, and clay) with variable moisture contents. The experiment was conducted in three locations in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The track-samplin...