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INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE MECHANISM OF SOIL ADHESION
Author(s) -
FOUNTAINE E. R.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1954.tb02191.x
Subject(s) - adhesion , mechanism (biology) , moisture , water content , materials science , tension (geology) , composite material , geotechnical engineering , surface tension , geology , physics , thermodynamics , ultimate tensile strength , quantum mechanics
Investigations into the mechanism of the adhesion between soil and foreign surfaces in normal loading tests are described. The adhesion is found to be entirely due to the water film between the joined surfaces, and its magnitude is approximately equal to the moisture tension in this film multiplied by its area. The effects of the soil, the foreign material, and the testing technique on the tension in the moisture film are discussed.