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Pre-emergent herbicides kill weeds before emergence from soil whereas Post-emergent ones eradicate weeds that have already emerged from soil. What is better herbicide to use? pre-emergent or...
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I need to work with disinfected soil, does putting this soil in an autoclave make it lose these characteristics? Is there any other techniques to obtain disinfected soil, without any microorganism?
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The basic assumption of the function is that the soil was saturated and it's in drying process. This function should take in consideration texture properties and preferably SOM. If you know a...
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Dear sir, Kindly answer my question. I need it for my M.Sc research.
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Hello I want to know some information about the effect of capillary bridge on unsaturated artificially cemented soil's strength growth during curing ages under sealed condition, and also does...
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Hi, I am trying to simulate the instability of already existing erosion voids closer to defective buried pipes with the fluctuation of ground water table through the void using ANSYS. If I use...
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How to describe the hydro-geophysical properties related to Agriculture field or EMI surveys?
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Hello, Is there any established research or methodology to evaluate elementary knowledge of mass people on soils and soil conservation? I am highly interested to study peoples' general overview...
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What are the experimental/numerical procedure to determine the natural frequency of a shallow foundation system? what are the ranges for foundation resting on granular soil?
21 December 2017 887 3 View
Hi! I need to sterilize a big amount of soil in order to plant seeds inoculated with pgpr. The problem is that I have only an oven that can hold at the same time about 20 kg and go up to 200°C. I...
20 December 2017 4,667 21 View
Also Please suggest related research papers?
20 December 2017 3,985 18 View
In plaxis when doing dynamic analysis or liquefaction it is advised to do analysis in 1. Ko , initial phase 2. phase 1 with DIFFERENT SOIL characteristics and Phase 3 the dynamaic analysis with...
19 December 2017 2,351 5 View
I want to do research on bamboo cultivation in temperate region in India.
18 December 2017 7,199 3 View
Hello, I am modelling a plane-strain footing as a plate element in PLAXIS 2D. Is it possible to visualize relative displacements between the soil and the plate? I was thinking about creating an...
15 December 2017 9,813 4 View
Hi all, I read an article a few years ago where somebody analyzed the snow behind snow fences. The idea was that the fences don't only trap snow, but also everything else that's suspended in the...
13 December 2017 5,316 2 View
Celebrating World Soil Day: December 5. What are the importance of healthy soil and how can we effectively advocate for sustainable management of soil resources? #worldsoilday# share your...
12 December 2017 7,622 12 View
i make a model in abaqus with to part soil and pile for make a model like a pile into the sea i want static analysis my step is static general and i have 2 material steel and soil soil property...
12 December 2017 8,535 1 View
the quantities of pollutants in the soil are expressed in kg / hectare * year. Why this quantification? After a year in the soil, can pollutants be degraded if so by what mechanism?
12 December 2017 2,300 6 View
Hi all, I have a question about the Geotatic step. I am doing a 3D soil-pipe interaction problem. Should I deactivate the pipe elements in the Geostatic step or not? I think it is the whole...
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After measuring the EC if soil,it gives false results.
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Oily contaminated soils are soils that have oil spills on them from different source (either crude or refined oil). Normally they are transported to certain landfills. The treatment might be...
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At what level a micro or macro nutrient (quantitatively)( with reference to nitrates, phosphates, potassium etc.) is important or beneficial for the proper growth and development of crop and...
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