Contribution of water content and bulk density to field soil penetration resistance as measured by a combined cone penetrometer - TDR probe.

Soil strength as measured by cone penetrometers depends on several parameters, but it is mostly affected by the soil water content and bulk density (p). In order to better understand the effect of the water content and bulk density on soil strength we developed a combined penetronieter-coiled TDR pr...

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Autores: VAZ, C. M. P., BASSOI, L. H., HOPMANS, J. W.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Brasil
Recursos:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/134462
Acesso em linha:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/134462
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Compactacao
Densidade
Penetracao
Soil moisture
Compaction
Penetration
Resistance
Água
Resistência
Umidade do Solo
density
water
Descrição
Resumo:Soil strength as measured by cone penetrometers depends on several parameters, but it is mostly affected by the soil water content and bulk density (p). In order to better understand the effect of the water content and bulk density on soil strength we developed a combined penetronieter-coiled TDR probe to determine simultaneously the depth distribution of penetration resistance and water content in a soil profile. Field experiments carried out for a Yolo soil allowed the fitting of the effect and p using a combined power-exponential equation. Using the combined cone penetrometer-TDR probe data, the fitted equation may be used to estimate soil bulk density.