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The strength of structured soils during loading depends on the effective as well as on neutral stresses. Thus soil compaction affects the inter- as well as the intra-aggregate pore-size distribution and produces changes of several parameters of the effective stress equation. Furthermore, differences in the hydraulic conductivity of bulk soil and single aggregates, as well as differences in the pore continuity, must be considered. Therefore, a determination of compressibility requires detailed analyses on a macro- and micro-scale in order to deal adequately with the complex relationships required by growing plants and the soil’s physical characteristics as affected by loads.
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Horn, R. (1989). Strength of Structured Soils Due to Loading — A Review of Processes on Macro- and Microscale; European Aspects. In: Larson, W.E., Blake, G.R., Allmaras, R.R., Voorhees, W.B., Gupta, S.C. (eds) Mechanics and Related Processes in Structured Agricultural Soils. NATO ASI Series, vol 172. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2421-5_2
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