Article
Soil Science
Anupama John, Hector R. Fuentes, Florence George
Summary: This study investigates the water retention and shrinkage characteristics of Everglades soils through experiments and numerical modeling, revealing differences in moisture holding capacity and shrinkage behavior among different soil types. The research also suggests improvements to parameterization models for a more accurate description of soil properties.
Article
Agronomy
Vilim Filipovic, Jasmina Defterdarovic, Vedran Krevh, Lana Filipovic, Gabrijel Ondrasek, Filip Kranjcec, Ivan Magdic, Vedran Rubinic, Sanja Stipicevic, Ivan Mustac, Marina Bubalo Kovacic, Hailong He, Amir Haghverdi, Horst H. Gerke
Summary: This study aimed to identify the factors controlling soil water dynamics in erosion-affected hillslope vineyard soils. The parameterization of soil hydraulic properties was found to be crucial in capturing the response of erosion-affected soil systems.
Article
Soil Science
Miaorun Wang, Haojie Liu, Bernd Lennartz
Summary: This study analyzed the spatial variability of hydro-physical properties of peat soils and established pedotransfer functions to estimate hydraulic properties. The results show that soil physical and hydraulic properties exhibit different levels of spatial heterogeneity depending on the peat degradation stage.
Article
Biophysics
Hongjuan Bai, Junhang Chen, Weiqiang Gao, Beibei Yang, Yufeng Yan, Wenju Liu, Gang Wang, Edvina Lamy
Summary: The experiments showed that nonwoven geotextiles can increase bacteria retention rate, especially in the case of lower porosity. More bacteria are retained in the region close to the geotextile. When studying bacteria transport and fate, it is important to accurately consider the impact of geotextiles.
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
You Gao, Ze Li, De'an Sun, Haihao Yu
Summary: Reliable estimation of unsaturated soil hydraulic properties is crucial for various research and engineering projects. The study evaluated hydraulic hysteresis and permeability of unsaturated soil with different void ratios or bulk densities. Results showed that the proposed hysteresis model effectively describes the drying, wetting, and scanning curves at different void ratios, and the permeability model predicts the relative permeability coefficient accurately.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Yanyin Lai, Ankit Garg, Kai Chang, Xuguang Xing, Junliang Fan, Jiaping Liang, Miao Yu
Summary: This study introduced an improved genetic algorithm for inverting hydraulic parameters and constructing SWRC for soils with varying grain size compositions. SWRCs were measured using both the centrifuge method and one-dimensional infiltration experiments, with the corrected SWRC showing more accuracy by considering bulk density changes.
SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Chao Zhou, Rui Chen
Summary: The study investigates the influence of anisotropy effects on water retention curve (WRC) of unsaturated soils based on two-dimensional analysis of soil pores. It is found that anisotropic specimen with elongated pores has higher water retention ability compared to isotropic specimen with round pores. A new WRC model is proposed and successfully verified through simulations, demonstrating its capability in capturing the influence of anisotropy on WRC.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Polymer Science
Retno S. D. Jayanudin, Retno S. D. Lestari, Dhena Ria Barleany, Alia Badra Pitaloka, Meri Yulvianti, Dimas Prasetyo, Dendy Vito Anggoro, Adam Ruhiatna
Summary: This study investigated the use of superabsorbents to improve sandy soil for agricultural purposes. The results showed that increasing the concentration of chitosan can enhance the performance of gels but decrease water retention in sandy soils.
Article
Soil Science
Wei Peng, Yili Lu, Mengmeng Wang, Tusheng Ren, Robert Horton
Summary: This study investigated the effect of salinity on HP signals and thermo-TDR measured electromagnetic waveforms, and found that the HP-based approach outperformed the thermo-TDR approach for determining theta and rho b values in soils with sigma a 1.0 dS m-1. The study also evaluated different methods for estimating rho b values.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Aglair Cardoso Alves, Edivan Rodrigues de Souza, Hidelblandi Farias de Melo, Jose George Oliveira Pinto, Francisco Ernesto de Andrade Rego Junior, Valdomiro Severino de Souza Junior, Flavio Adriano Marques, Monaliza Alves do Santos, Bruce Schaffer, Hans Raj Gheyi
Summary: Characterization of soil solution is important for monitoring plant nutrient availability, environmental contamination, and evaluation of salt-affected soils. This study compared the efficiency of five soil solution extraction methods for different types of soils and developed regression equations for accurate estimation of soil electrical conductivity, providing useful information for soil management decisions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rose-Michelle Smith, Stephanie Sayen, Emmanuel Guillon
Summary: The sorption of pharmaceuticals at solid/water interfaces affects their concentrations in groundwater and surface water, and can be influenced by the presence of other contaminants. In this study, the adsorption of propranolol and sotalol on soil and sediment was examined. Sotalol was found to be more mobile in water and thus more bioavailable for organisms than propranolol.
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Katsuhiro Tsukimura, Youko Miyoshi, Tetsuich Takagi, Masaya Suzuki, Shin-ichiro Wada
Summary: This paper explores the amounts and size distributions of amorphous nanoparticles in clays, soils, and marine sediments, as well as their impact on properties. It was found that these nanoparticles are formed ubiquitously from rocks when they are weathered or altered, affecting the properties of clays. This highlights the significant role of amorphous nanoparticles in clays, soils, and marine sediments.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Ricardo Santos Silva Amorim, Jackson Adriano Albuquerque, Eduardo Guimaraes Couto, Mauricio Kunz, Miriam Fernanda Rodrigues, Lucas de Castro Moreira da Silva, Jose Miguel Reichert
Summary: Evaluation of soil water retention is crucial for modeling water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone. This study assessed the performance of different data-fitting models and pedotransfer functions for estimating soil water retention parameters, and explored the use of decision trees for predicting water retention and availability in soil.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Zhi Chong Lau, Abdelmalek Bouazza, Will P. Gates
Summary: This study explores the influence of polymer enhancement on water uptake and retention by geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs), including the low suction regime. The findings show that polymer enhanced GCLs have high water uptake and both the water entry and air expulsion values tend to be high. The impact of polymer becomes more apparent at high suctions, and the hydration mechanism for the polymer fraction in bentonite is unique to specific polymer types, dosages, and manufacturing processes. The water retention at low suction is caused by geotextile pore in-filling, bentonite swelling and extrusion, and polymer water adsorption.
GEOTEXTILES AND GEOMEMBRANES
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Leonardo Maria Lalicata, Agostino Walter Bruno, Domenico Gallipoli
Summary: This paper presents an analytical method that predicts the horizontal capacity of piles in unsaturated soils. The method extends the Broms approach to account for the combined effect of the groundwater table and the apparent cohesion of the unsaturated soil. It calculates the maximum horizontal force and bending moment sustained by the pile for different head fixities, considering non-dimensional parameters related to the pile's geometry, flexural resistance, soil resistance, and failure mechanism. The proposed method accurately predicts the lateral capacity of piles, emphasizing the importance of considering the partially saturated state of the soil.
COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrey Smagin, Nadezhda Sadovnikova, Marina Smagina
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Polymer Science
Andrey Smagin, Irina Panova, Leonid Ilyasov, Kazuyoshi Ogawa, Yasuhisa Adachi, Alexander Yaroslavov
Summary: New synthetic soil conditioners in the form of microgel copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide and acrylic acid (PAA#) and their interpolyelectrolyte complexes (IPEC#) with different surface charges were tested for anti-erosion protection. It was found that PAA# and anionic IPEC# significantly improved water retention and specific surface area for quartz sand and loamy sand, while weakly swelling linear polyacrylic acid and cationic IPEC# had no major impact on properties of both mineral substrates.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Andrey Smagin
Summary: The study assessed soil water potentials using a combination of centrifugation and thermodesorption methods, and proposed a physically based diagnostic method to distinguish the dominant areas of soil water, physical forces, and interfacial interactions on the WRC diagrams of soil physical quality.
Article
Polymer Science
Andrey Smagin, Viktor Budnikov, Nadezhda B. Sadovnikova, Anatoly Kirichenko, Elena A. Belyaeva, Victoria N. Krivtsova
Summary: The research examines the technological properties and stability of innovative gel-forming polymeric materials for complex soil conditioning. These materials possess improved water retention, dispersity, hydraulic properties, anti-erosion, and anti-pathogenic protection, along with resistance to negative environmental factors. Through laboratory analysis, the materials were found to have optimal swelling degree, high surface energy, specific surface area, threshold of gel collapse, half-life, and fungicidal effect. In small doses, the materials significantly enhanced water retention and dispersity, reduced hydraulic conductivity, suppressed evaporation, and formed a windproof soil crust.
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Andrey Smagin, Nadezhda B. Sadovnikova, Elena A. Belyaeva
Summary: Hygroscopicity is an important property of composite materials for water conservation and treatment. This study analyzes the hygroscopicity of composite gel-forming soil conditioners using a thermodynamic approach. The research findings question the technology of obtaining water from the air using hygroscopic materials due to the high retention energy of the absorbed water. The high hygroscopicity of hydrogels and its dynamics must be considered in sustainable agriculture and landscaping.
JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
Andrey V. Smagin, Nadezhda B. Sadovnikova, Elena A. Belyaeva, Victoria N. Krivtsova, Sergey A. Shoba, Marina V. Smagina
Summary: This article summarizes multivariate field trials of gel-forming soil conditioners for agriculture and urban landscaping in various climatic conditions. The trials included monitoring of weather data, soil conditions, plant productivity and quality, and addressed the main issues and technological solutions of using gel-forming soil conditioners.
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Leonid O. Ilyasov, Irina G. Panova, Petr O. Kushchev, Andrey A. Belov, Irina A. Maksimova, Andrey Smagin, Alexander A. Yaroslavov
Summary: A sparsely cross-linked copolymer composed of acrylic acid, acrylamide, and starch was synthesized and used as a partially biodegradable soil conditioner. The copolymer exhibited good swelling ability and water-retaining properties, and could form a protective coating resistant to wind and water erosion.
JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Andrey V. Smagin, Nadezhda B. Sadovnikova, Viktor I. Budnikov
Summary: Biodegradation plays a significant role in determining the effectiveness of aqueous superabsorbents for soil conditioning. This study aims to quantify this process through biological oxygen demand (BOD) analysis of composite superabsorbents. A simple kinetic model of BOD is proposed for standardization and calculation of polymer half-life. The results may be valuable for various specialists in different fields.
JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Andrey V. Smagin, Nadezhda B. Sadovnikova, Elena A. Belyaeva, Christina V. Korchagina
Summary: Quantification of the biodegradability of soil water superabsorbents is necessary for predicting their stability and functioning accurately. A new methodological approach using continuous registration of CO2 emission curves has been applied to assess the biodegradability of these polymer materials. Original kinetic models were proposed to describe different types of respiratory curves and calculate half-life indicators of the superabsorbents. Comparative analysis with biological oxygen demand showed the significance of CO2 dissolution in the liquid phase during incubation. The addition of silver ions effectively increased the stability of Aquapastus innovative composites, prolonging their half-life to more than 10 years.
Proceedings Paper
Soil Science
A. V. Smagin, N. B. Sadovnikova, N. A. Shnyrev, A. A. Kokoreva, M. A. Sidorova
KEY CONCEPTS OF SOIL PHYSICS: DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CURRENT APPLICATIONS
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Soil Science
A. V. Smagin, E. A. Belyaeva, N. B. Sadovnikova, M. A. Sidorova, A. A. Kokoreva
KEY CONCEPTS OF SOIL PHYSICS: DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CURRENT APPLICATIONS
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Soil Science
A. V. Smagin, V. I. Budnikov, N. B. Sadovnikova, M. V. Smagina, M. A. Sidorova
KEY CONCEPTS OF SOIL PHYSICS: DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CURRENT APPLICATIONS
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Soil Science
A. S. Bashina, A. V. Smagin, N. B. Sadovnikova, E. A. Belyaeva, K. V. Korchagina
KEY CONCEPTS OF SOIL PHYSICS: DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CURRENT APPLICATIONS
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Energy & Fuels
Andrey Valentinovich Smagin, Nadezhda Borisovna Sadovnikova, Natalia Anatol'evna Azovtseva, Elena Victorovna Lazareva
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Environmental
B. Bhoobun, V. I. Vasenev, A. V. Smagin, D. D. Gosse, A. Ermakov, V. S. Volkova
URBANIZATION: CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR SOIL FUNCTIONS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2019)