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...soil, the tensiometer gauge reading represents the matric potential of the soil. ...er. With practice, a tensiometer can be a useful tool for these purposes. Soil tensiometers can also be used in the scientific study of soils and plants. ...

In other [[engineering]] fields and in [[physics]], <math>\sigma_3</math> is the greatest compressive stress and <math>\sigm ...ssion, while many other engineers are concerned with failure in [[tension (physics)|tension]]. A further reason for the second convention is that it allows a ...

...observed in [[granular materials]] when they are subjected to [[shearing (physics)|shear deformations]].<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1017/CBO9780511600043 |title ...and Strength Characteristics of Compacted Clays. HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MA SOIL MECHANICS LAB.</ref><ref name=poulos71>Poulos, S. J. (1971). The stress-str ...

...where the water potential is not uniform.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Simple physics-based models of compensatory plant water uptake: concepts and eco-hydrologi ...

...A. Poulovassilis (1962), The moisture profile above a moving water table, Soil Sci. J., 13(2), 271–285.</ref> and against exact solutions.<ref name="Ogden ==Soil moisture velocity equation== ...

...ing assumption required to use the finite water-content method is that the soil be homogeneous in layers. ...(5), 345–357.</ref> to produce an advection solution that does not include soil water diffusivity, wherein <math>z</math> becomes the dependent variable an ...

|fields = [[Seismology]], [[earthquake engineering]], [[soil mechanics]] ...ean engineer and scientist, known for his contributions in the fields of [[soil mechanics]], [[earthquake engineering]] and [[seismology]]. ...

...city (physics)|elastic]] half-space (in green) over which an [[Elasticity (physics)|elastic]] alluvial layer of constant thickness <math>h</math> is located ( [[File:Response-spectra-of-ground-motions-recorded-at-rock-UNAM-and-soil-sites-SCT-during.png|thumb|'''Figure 2a:''' The effect of the resonance: th ...

...behavior of a broad class of pressure-sensitive granular materials such as soil, concrete, porous metals and ceramics. *[[Plasticity (physics)]] ...

...[[manufacturing]], [[petrophysics]], [[hydrology]], [[earth sciences]], [[soil mechanics]], [[rock mechanics]], and [[engineering]].<ref>{{cite journal |l Used in [[geology]], [[hydrogeology]], [[soil science]], and [[building science]], the porosity of a [[porous medium]] (s ...

...cker–Prager yield criterion'''<ref>Drucker, D. C. and Prager, W. (1952). ''Soil mechanics and plastic analysis for limit design''. Quarterly of Applied Mat ...Stress (physics)#Stress deviator tensor|deviatoric]] part of the [[Stress (physics)|Cauchy stress]]. The constants <math>A, B </math> are determined from exp ...

...and other cohesive-frictional materials such as [[rock (geology)|rock]], [[soil]], and [[ceramic]]s. This yield criterion has the functional form * [[Plasticity (physics)]] ...

...ect of PbO on the elastic behavior of ZnO-P2O5 glass systems. ''Results in Physics''. 6: 449-455.</ref> Arsenic and antimony are used as fining agents that f === Interaction with roadside soil === ...

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...ted with Fe oxyhydroxides) Montmorillonite, Illite and Kaolinite| journal= Soil Biology and Biochemistry| volume= 21|issue= 7| pages=911–920| doi=10.1016/0 ...s described by the following formula:<ref name =surface>{{cite book|title= Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces| last1= Butt| first1=Hans-Jurgen| last2=Graf| f ...

* the [[Critical state soil mechanics|Cam-Clay failure theory]] for soil ...[hydrostatic]]) strain energy and the ''shape'' (distortion or [[Shearing (physics)|shear]]) strain energy. It is proposed that yield occurs when the distorti ...

...] modeling, [[irrigation]] simulation, [[surface temperature]] simulation, soil moisture simulation, [[Geographic information system]] ...ficient]]s, for computing seasonal values, these models generally lack the soil [[Water balance (agriculture)|water balance]] and [[Irrigation]] components ...

...s|oxygen-depleted]] environments, such as in permanently water-saturated [[soil]]s, [[peat bog]]s or [[wetland]]s in which [[archaeology|archaeological]] i | journal = Materials Chemistry and Physics ...

...re to reflect a real world example to help those trying to understand they physics of capillary action. ...ssures|negative pressures]] are also important.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Physics of Negative Pressure | url=http://discovermagazine.com/2003/mar/featscience ...

: <math>I_\nu</math> (the [[Intensity (physics)|Intensity]] or Brightness) is the amount of [[energy]] emitted per unit [[ ...multiple scatter, and energy conservation|journal=Journal of Mathematical Physics|date=October 1970|volume=11|issue=10|doi=10.1063/1.1665090|pages=3032|bibco ...