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Porosity is important because it determines the ease with which water, oxygen, and nitrogen can work their way down between soil particles to the root zones of plants. The quizzes will be based on lecture notes and selected text or study. Quicksand was so named because the soil particles move around and. Soil mechanics is the branch of civil engineering involving application of laws of hydraulics and mechanics in order to solve engineering problems related to soil. In soil mechanics, the equilibrium and movement of soil bodies is studied, where soil is understood to be the weathered natural material in the upper layers the upper 20 to 100 m of the earths crust. Previous movement indicates possible future difficulties. This course is based on notes presented in the book unsaturated soil mechanics in. The book is also available in dutch, in the file grondmechboek.
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