Compaction

TY - CHAP

T1 - Compaction

AU - van den Akker, J. J.H.

AU - ten Damme, L.

AU - Lamandé, M.

AU - Keller, Thomas

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Soil compaction is a decrease in pore space driven by mechanical stresses. It is prevalent in agriculture, forestry and construction due to too high wheel loads by machinery, leading to adverse impacts to drainage, aeration and soil strength that affects plants and exchanges between soils and the wider environment. Compaction arises when a mechanical stress exerted on the soil exceeds its internal strength. The applied stress attenuates with depth, but mitigating subsoil compaction is more difficult than compaction of the upper soil layers.

AB - Soil compaction is a decrease in pore space driven by mechanical stresses. It is prevalent in agriculture, forestry and construction due to too high wheel loads by machinery, leading to adverse impacts to drainage, aeration and soil strength that affects plants and exchanges between soils and the wider environment. Compaction arises when a mechanical stress exerted on the soil exceeds its internal strength. The applied stress attenuates with depth, but mitigating subsoil compaction is more difficult than compaction of the upper soil layers.

KW - Agriculture

KW - Bulk density

KW - Compaction

KW - Degradation

KW - Stress-strain

KW - Traffic

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85191911128&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00225-1

DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00225-1

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85191911128

SN - 9780323951333

VL - 5

SP - 85

EP - 99

BT - Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment

A2 - Goss, Michael J.

A2 - Oliver, Margaret

PB - Elsevier

ER -