Conservation Agriculture

Conservation Agriculture
Author: L. García-Torres
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401711437

In large parts of the developed and developing worlds soil tillage by plough or hoe is the main cause of land degradation leading to stagnating or even declining production levels and increasing production cost. It causes the soil to become more dense and compacted, the organic matter content to be reduced and water runoff and soil erosion to increase. It also leads to droughts becoming more severe and the soil becoming less fertile and less responsive to fertiliser. This book brings together the key notes lectures and other outstanding contributions of the I World Congress on Conservation Agriculture and provides an updated view of the environment and economic advantages of CA and of its implementation in diferent areas of the World.

Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation

Advances in Understanding Soil Degradation
Author: Elmira Saljnikov
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 789
Release: 2021-11-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030856828

This book informs about knowledge gain in soil and land degradation to reduce or prevent it for meeting the mission of the Sustainable Developments Goals of the United Nations. Essence, extent, monitoring methods and implications for ecosystem functioning of main soil degradation types are characterized in overview chapters and case studies. Challenges, approaches and data towards identification of degradation in the frame of improving functionality, health and multiple ecosystem services of soil are demonstrated in the studies of international expert teams. The book consists of five parts, containing 5–12 single chapters each and 36 in total. Parts are explaining (I) Concepts and Indicators, (II) Soil Erosion and Compaction, (III) Soil Contamination, (IV) Soil Carbon and Fertility Monitoring and (V) Soil Survey and Mapping of Degradation The primary audience of this book are scientists of different disciplines, decision-makers, farmers and further informed people dealing with sustainable management of soil and land.

Unsaturated Soils. Advances in Geo-Engineering

Unsaturated Soils. Advances in Geo-Engineering
Author: D.G. Toll
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1008
Release: 2008-06-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0203884434

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering comprises 136 contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners, presented at the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (Durham, UK, 2-4 July 2008). The papers report on the latest advances in geo-engineering aspects of unsaturated soils. It is the first collection to focu

State of the Art and Practice in the Assessment of Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction and Its Consequences

State of the Art and Practice in the Assessment of Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction and Its Consequences
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2019-01-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780309440271

Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction (liquefaction) is a leading cause of earthquake damage worldwide. Liquefaction is often described in the literature as the phenomena of seismic generation of excess porewater pressures and consequent softening of granular soils. Many regions in the United States have been witness to liquefaction and its consequences, not just those in the west that people associate with earthquake hazards. Past damage and destruction caused by liquefaction underline the importance of accurate assessments of where liquefaction is likely and of what the consequences of liquefaction may be. Such assessments are needed to protect life and safety and to mitigate economic, environmental, and societal impacts of liquefaction in a cost-effective manner. Assessment methods exist, but methods to assess the potential for liquefaction triggering are more mature than are those to predict liquefaction consequences, and the earthquake engineering community wrestles with the differences among the various assessment methods for both liquefaction triggering and consequences. State of the Art and Practice in the Assessment of Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction and Its Consequences evaluates these various methods, focusing on those developed within the past 20 years, and recommends strategies to minimize uncertainties in the short term and to develop improved methods to assess liquefaction and its consequences in the long term. This report represents a first attempt within the geotechnical earthquake engineering community to consider, in such a manner, the various methods to assess liquefaction consequences.

Study of the Dynamic Stress-strain and Wave-propagation Characteristics of Soils

Study of the Dynamic Stress-strain and Wave-propagation Characteristics of Soils
Author: James V. Zaccor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1964
Genre: Sand
ISBN:

The general approach, physical concepts, and methods employed in the actual development of the equipment are discussed. The equipment and its capabilities are described. A brief summary of concurrent reports that describe results of studies of response in granular media is presented. The summary indicates that the significant parameters have been correctly identified from theoretical mechanics and suitably measured, since results demonstrate relationships between stress-strain behavior and propagating waves in laboratory devices. The report also summarizes the broad range of protective construction problems which lend themselves to study in this equipment. These include such studies as the effects of reflection phenomena, the effects of layered media, soil-structure interaction in a high-stress field, and the evaluation of disturbances in free-field conditions caused by the presence of a gauge. The latter is shown to be possible by virtue of the ability to measure soil response without placing a gauge in the soil or attaching one to the sample. (Author).

Stress Propagation in Soils

Stress Propagation in Soils
Author: L. Seaman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1963
Genre:
ISBN:

A knowledge of soil motions resulting from nuclear explosions is necessary for the design of underground structures which are to survive a nuclear attack. In this project the authors studied wave propagation in soil and developed methods for predicting wave propagation phenomena based on data from laboratory compression tests on soil samples. The study was restricted to one-dimensional wave propagation in a sand and a clay. Extensive wave propagation tests were made on 5-meter columns of Monterey sand of various densities subjected to transient loads of different intensities and duration. Stresses and particle velocities were measured at various locations in the column to test the validity of theoretical models representing sand. The main feature of stress wave propagation--stress attenuation--can be predicted for sand on the basis of a rate-independent model. In addition, wave front development, wave velocity, particle velocity attenuation, and duration of the stress wave are described qualitatively by this model in combination with a second rate-independent model. The parameters of the models can be determined from static or dynamic compression test data on small samples of sand. (Author).

Stress Waves in Anelastic Solids

Stress Waves in Anelastic Solids
Author: Herbert Kolsky
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642882889

Although the subject of wave propagation in solids has a long history, the classical theory of elastic waves having been developed in the nine teenth century by STOKES, POISSON, RAYLEIGH and KELVIN, the last two decades have seen a remarkable revival of interest in this subject among both theoreticians and experimenters. There' are a number of reasons for this; first, experimental methods for the generation and detection of high frequency mechanical waves have become available only with the advent of electronic techniques and of high speed photo graphic recording apparatus. Secondly, the appearan