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| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Green, A. J. (Andrew J.) | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-14T21:15:45Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-14T21:15:45Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 1971-06 | - |
| dc.identifier.govdoc | Miscellaneous Paper M-71-5 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/22626 | - |
| dc.description | Miscellaneous Paper | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: This report summarizes published results and personal comments of a number of researchers who have used synthetic soil mixtures. It also contains a small amount of data collected at the Waterways Experiment Station. In general, it can be said that whereas synthetic soils may be useful in some limited sense, they do not offer the panacea that earlier researchers claimed or hoped for. The engineering properties of many synthetic mixes may be more dependent on temperature and rate of loading than those of soil-water mixes. It is concluded that the usefulness of synthetic soils in engineering research is rather limited, and it is recommended that any researcher thoroughly study the behavioral patterns peculiar to a particular synthetic mix he may plan to use lest the utility of the information produced be restricted by them. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Assistant Secretary of the Army (R & D) | en_US |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | Forward iii Conversion Factors, British to Metric Units of Measurement vii Summary ix Introduction 1 Background 1 Purpose and Scope 1 Synthetic Soils 2 Users 2 Categories 3 Several synthetic soils and their uses 3 Advantages sought 4 Preparation and Maintenance of Test Soils 4 Natural soils 4 Synthetic soils 5 Comparative Tests of Natural and Synthetic Soils 6 Tests by Selig and Rowe 6 Ttests at WES 6 Disadvantages of Synthetic Soils 8 Ongoing Research 9 Conclusions and Recommendations 10 Conclusions 10 Recommendations 10 Selected Bibliography 11 Personal Correspondence 11 Figures 1-4 | - |
| dc.format.extent | 23 pages | - |
| dc.format.medium | PDF/A | - |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Mobility and Environmental Systems Laboratory (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; no. M-71-5 | - |
| dc.rights | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | - |
| dc.source | The ERDC Library created this digital resource using one or more of the following: Zeta TS-0995, Zeutchel OS 12000, HP HD Pro 42-in. map scanner, Epson flatbed | - |
| dc.subject | Soils | en_US |
| dc.subject | Synthetic products | en_US |
| dc.title | Utilization of synthetic soils in engineering research | en_US |
| dc.type | Report | - |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous Paper | |
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| MP M 71-5.pdf | 1.45 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |