During the exhibition at the New York Crystal Palace in 1853, I had many opportunities to notice the effect of friction on the ... more the result of the sudden compression of the particles ...

Among the many constitutive models provided by PFC 2D, the Parallel Bond Model (PBM) can transfer normal force, shear force and moment, so it can better simulate the mechanical behavior of rock and ...

A great detail of attention is paid to the avoidance of soil compaction by machinery manufacturers, but just what is ...

based on the triaxial compression test of rock mechanics in Yinggehai Basin, we obtained the mechanical parameters such as Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, peak strength, residual strength, cohesion, ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a ...

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released by microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon on a global scale is ...

Soil incubation experiments revealed a comprehensive increase in CO2 release by drying-rewetting cycles (DWCs) among Japanese forests and pastureland soils, suggesting a significant contribution of ...

Each morning Indian farmer R Murali opens an app on his phone to check if his pomegranate trees need watering, fertiliser or are at risk from pests. "It is a routine," Murali, 51, told AFP at his ...

For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment of the Constitution has granted automatic citizenship to any person born on US soil. As the courts moved to temporarily block his order, various media ...

Heavy rain and soil erosion are natural processes that play crucial roles in shaping local ecosystems. While rainfall is ...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs not only fail, they may do more harm than good. That’s the conclusion of a study done by the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University Social ...