the study of the physical properties of soil, esp those properties that affect its ability to bear weight, such as water content, density, strength, etc
soil mechanics in American English
noun
(used with a sing v)
the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them
Examples of 'soil mechanics' in a sentence
soil mechanics
Soils were characterized in the soil mechanics laboratory.
A'zam Golzari, Mohammad Mehdi Taghizadeh 2016, 'The role of soil layers in preventing ground water pollution with 17ß-estradiol hormone(E 2)', Environmental Health Engineering and Managementhttp://ehemj.com/browse.php?a_id=135&sid=1&slc_lang=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The assumptions involved in soil mechanics theories usually differ to a certain extent from reality.
Fathi M. Abdrabbo, Khaled E. Gaaver 2012, 'Applications of the observational method in deep foundations', Alexandria Engineering Journalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016812000944. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The volumes of collapse prisms are usually calculated by the well-known methods of soil mechanics.
Ostyakova Aleksandra Vitalyevna 2017, 'ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL PROCESSES OF WATER BODIES (ONTHE EXAMPLE OF UGLICH RESERVOIR)', Vestnik MGSUhttp://vestnikmgsu.ru/index.php/archive/article/download/4083. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Applications of unsaturated soil mechanics often involve large deformations and displacements.
Yerro Alba, Alonso Eduardo, Pinyol Núria 2016, 'Modelling large deformation problems in unsaturated soils', E3S Web of Conferenceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160908019. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some of these features are counterintuitive from a classical soil mechanics viewpoint.
Bernardo Caicedo, Cristhian Mendoza, Fernando López, Arcesio Lizcano 2018, 'Behavior of diatomaceous soil in lacustrine deposits of Bogotá, Colombia', Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineeringhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775517302317. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Originally, the oedometer test (one-dimensional compression test) stemmed from soil mechanics.
Matthias Kind, Hussein Sahabi 2011, 'Consolidation of Inorganic Precipitated Silica Gel', Polymershttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/3/3/1423/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An interactive web application has been developed to provide a learning tool for soil mechanics students.
José Couto Marques, Maria Teresa Restivo, Alberto Cardoso, Tiago Santos 2014, 'Linking experiments with the real world', International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jep/article/view/3483. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The classical principles of soil mechanics for saturated soil are often not suitable for explaining these phenomena.
Al-Badran Yasir, Schanz Tom 2018, 'Volume change behavior of bentonite-sand mixture under constant suction condition',MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201816201028. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The experimental data are interpreted in the context of unsaturated soil mechanics using the generalized effective stress concept.
Gerard Pierre, Mahdad Mohamed, Robert Alexandre, François Bertrand 2016, 'Influence of atmospheric conditions on the strength of unstabilized earthen constructions',E3S Web of Conferenceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160913001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)