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677 articles for “Soils”
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Participatory Demonstration of Grass Strips as Biological Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Kamba Woreda, South Ethiopia
Abstract: Land degradation due to soil erosion and soil fertility depletion is a significant threat to the agricultural system, limiting food security and sustainable agricultural production. This study demonstrated Desho grass strips as biological soil and water conservation measures in Kamba woreda Gamo zone south Ethiopia. Six (6) nearby trial farmers who took part in the demonstration directly were chosen for the study using the purposive sample technique. Sole maize and …
Published in International Journal of Land · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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Jowar Millet Crop Monitoring and Analysis Robot (JMAR): A Smart Solution for Plant and Soil Health in Jowar Millet Farming
Abstract: Farmers cultivating jowar millet (Sorghum) face significant challenges in maintaining crop health and optimizing yield due to the limitations of traditional plant disease detection and soil health assessment methods. Visual inspection and indigenous knowledge are labour-intensive, time-consuming, and often inaccurate, while soil monitoring requires specialized equipment that is not always affordable or accessible. These issues hinder timely intervention and can lead to crop losses and soil degradation. To address these …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 8–18 Read article
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Soil Salinity Assessment and Irrigation Water Quality of Humbo Woreda, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia
Abstract: Soil salinity affects the majority of Ethiopia's irrigated farmland, and chemical properties of irrigation water quality have major role in assessing the irrigation land salinity. The study has the objective of determining the soil salinity and irrigation water quality. The study was conducted in Humbo Woreda, Wolaita Zone in the South Peoples’ Regional State. The study used standard analytical techniques and methods to analyze different physiochemical parameters of both irrigation …
Published in Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 38–51 Read article
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Soil Stabilized Road
Abstract: This research examines the suitability of soil-stabilized roadways for light vehicular movement, offering an economical and practical alternative for areas with limited infrastructure development. Stabilizing soil involves improving its engineering properties by incorporating additives such as cement, lime, or other binding materials. Through stabilization, the treated soil can achieve a compressive strength of approximately 5 N/mm², or 500 tonnes per square meter (t/m²), which is sufficient to support loads imposed …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2025 · pp. 38–42 Read article
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Spatiotemporal Modeling of Soil Erosion Under Agricultural Expansion in the Amravati Basin, India Using RUSLE–GIS
Abstract: Agricultural expansion and soil erosion are important environmental issues in areas where agriculture is a major source of livelihood. This study analyzes the spatial and temporal patterns of soil erosion in the Amravati Basin of Maharashtra and evaluates the impact of agricultural expansion using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques. Multi-source data, such as satellite imagery, rainfall records, soil characteristics, and topography …
Published in International Journal of Land · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 50–62 Read article
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Stone Waste as a Soil Stabilizer
Abstract: The rapid expansion of construction, mining, and stone-processing industries has led to the large-scale generation of stone waste materials such as marble powder, granite slurry, quarry fines, and sandstone residues. The indiscriminate disposal of these wastes poses serious environmental concerns, including land degradation, dust pollution, and contamination of surface and groundwater resources. At the same time, weak and problematic soils continue to present major challenges in geotechnical engineering applications, particularly …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 71–77 Read article
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Study of Behavior of Buckling Restrained Bearing Frame Along with Soil Structure Interaction
Abstract: Lateral forces due to earthquake are the major consideration for design of earthquake resisting structures, these forces can be resisted by various systems like braced frames, shear walls, moment frames, etc. Energy dissipation is one of the most convenient option for earthquake resistance, as it can absorb input energy from earthquake protecting the main structure. Past research revealed that the Buckling Restrained Braces (BRB) are the best type of energy …
Published in Journal of Construction Engineering, Technology & Management · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 36–42 Read article
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A Review Analysis on the Role of Soils in Watershed Management
Abstract: AbstractSoil is a non‐renewable natural resource that is very essential for life on the planet. Land use, water movement, water quality and vegetation productivity all are basically related to soil. About, all the food products that we consume in our everyday life, is grown in the earth's soils. Other obvious functions that soils provide humans include fuelwood, fiber for paper and clothes and foundations for roads and buildings. Soils serve …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 23–29 Read article
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TRANSFORMATION OF INHERITED ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF SOIL DUE TO STUBBLE BURNING - A CASE STUDY
Abstract: Stubble Burning has put the state government as well as central government in deep thoughts. The smoke that emits from the farms comes in contact with the breeze to become smog that collectively moves southward affecting the entire belt of northern India including Delhi. Sometimes it becomes too difficult to breathe and public is forced to use breathing masks to avoid poisonous gas entering into their lungs. Research says inhaling …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 31–36 Read article
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Influence of Additives and Durability Cycles on the Resilient Modulus of Asphalt Stabilized Soil
Abstract: Asphalt stabilized subgrade soils usually show a nonlinear and time dependent response under traffic loading. The elastic property of asphalt stabilized soil is defined by the resilient modulus to represent the nonlinearity behavior with respect to stress level. The aim of this work is to study the impact of durability cycles and additives on the resilient modulus and plastic parameter of the asphalt stabilized soil. Additive materials such as lime …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 32–39 Read article
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Comparing Consistency Limits of Black Cotton Soil with Cement Waste Dust and Wood Shaving Ash
Abstract: In the field of civil engineering, soil has to play a prime role right from planning a structure to the end of life of that structure. But some of the soils do not offer that service which a civil engineer wants to get. Shrinking in dry state and swelling in wet state, is the well-known proved proverb for black cotton soil. In Saurashtra, southern part of the zone has such …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 31–35 Read article
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Improvement in the Characteristic of Clayey Soil asnSubgrade Stabilized with Natural Fibre :A Review
Abstract: In geotechnical engineering, clayey soil is considered to be the most complicated deposits in the field of construction purposes. Due to its low bearing strength, shearing strength, high compressibility ,volume change and swell-shrink properties it becomes difficult to construct building and pavement structures which cause a great concern for engineers while designing. Construction of pavements should be done as it is strong and durable for their design life by overcoming …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 31–37 Read article
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Mitigation of Expansive Soil Problems by Using Helical Piles with Additives
Abstract: In this study, nine essential additives in addition to three mixed additives with different ratios have been chosen and implemented during the installation of helical pile. The choice took into consideration that some of the additives were cheap and available in the local market; others were waste materials such as ceramic, brick fragments and coal fly ash. Some relatively expensive additives such as silica fumes were also added because it …
Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 30–40 Read article
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Metallic Pollution Level in Soils of Mymensingh Town, Bangladesh: An Impact of Urbanization and Industrialization
Abstract: Untreated urban and industrial wastes disposal in Mymensingh town are the major problem and responsible for soil and water pollution. Total 24 soil samples were collected from different locations of Mymensingh town to assess metallic pollution level as well as to study some other physicochemical properties of soils. The mean total concentrations of Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd and Fe in soil samples were 68.69, 193.06, 62.47, trace and 18481.82 µg …
Published in Journal of Industrial Safety Engineering · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 17–25 Read article
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Effect on Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Cement Concrete Building Considering Soil Structure Interaction
Abstract: Many researches and case studies indicate that soil structure interaction (SSI) has a significant impact on dynamic response of structure, which may lead to unexpected seismic response or failure of structure. Current seismic codes adopt the methods in which, generally, flexibility of soil is not considered in seismic analysis of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) building. In this study, seismic response of a 35 m tall G+9 storey building resting on …
Published in Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 10–14 Read article
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Compressive Strength Characteristic of Environmentally Friendly Laterite Soil Blocks
Abstract: In order to minimize the environmental impacts caused by over exploitation of natural resources for theproduction of building material, the possibility of using blended soil blocks duly burnt for load-bearing wallshas been assessed to alternate the fertile top soil of agricultural land. Since the vertical load carrying capacityprimarily depends on the compressive strength, a comprehensive study was conducted for burnt soil blocksmade with commonly available laterite and clay soil types …
Published in Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 1-3, 2011 · pp. 20–30 Read article
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Analysis of core and outrigger structural system for different soil condition
Abstract: As achievement of structural system for tall building is not easy task. As the tall building is more affected by lateral loads so design and analysis of high rise building is difficult so to minimized this effects of load now a days new different systems like outrigger system belt truss system. In this present study outrigger system is used with rigid core. In this study G+30 floor building is considered …
Published in Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Automatic Irrigation System on Sensing Soil Moisture Content
Abstract: AbstractIn developing countries like Bangladesh, farmers depend on rivers and rainfall to water their crops properly. Even though water pumps are used for irrigation purposes, the farmers have to operate those manually. In this paper, a system is proposed to reduce the human intervention as it will switch the motor on/off automatically after sensing the soil moisture content. Further system will allow the farmers to receive much needed rest and …
Published in Recent Trends in Electronics Communication Systems · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 13–20 Read article
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UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL WASTE MATERIALS IN SOIL STABILIZATION OF RURAL ROADS: A REVIEW
Abstract: In India, the growth of rural sector directly depends on the road connectivity, which provides the platform and sustainability for economic activities in rural areas. However, difficult topography and unstable geology make the rural road constructions hard. Therefore, the locally available waste materials can be utilized to improve the soil characteristics and can promote the low cost road construction. The present Study is aimed to review the improvement of engineering …
Published in Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 40–44 Read article
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Behavioural Study on Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Soil Cement Stabilized Blocks
Abstract: It has been shown that the most prevalent material is soil. It is essential to the manufacture of bricks. It is well known that burned bricks function well for masonry projects, providing durability and structural integrity that are vital for construction applications. Furthermore, a significant amount of heat energy is utilized during the heating process that creates them, thus emphasizing the energy-intensive nature of brick production. In addition, children are …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 6, 2024 · pp. 265–292 Read article