Propriedades mecânicas em micro e mesoescala de solos do Rio Grande do Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Pértile, Patricia
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Manancial - Repositório Digital da UFSM
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/3368
• topic: Reologia; Reometria; Compressibilidade; Cisalhamento direto; Mineralogia; Granulometria; Matéria orgânica; Conteúdo de água; Rheology; Rheometry; Compressibility; Direct shear; Mineralogy; Particle size; Organic matter; Water content; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::CIENCIA DO SOLO

Susceptibility to soil degradation is a function of disturbance intensity and structure resistance, which is usually described by mesoscale properties. However, soil mechanical strength in the microscale (micromechanical) evaluated by rheology is not well known. The objective was to evaluate the micromechanical resistance of soils of Rio Grande do Sul through amplitude sweep tests under oscillatory shear, to know the variables that influence this resistance and to evaluate its relationship with physical and mechanical properties in mesoscale. Surface and subsurface horizons of eight soils, Oxisol (4), Ultisol (2), Alfisol (1) and Vertisol (1), were characterized for particle size, mineralogy, chemical, physical and mechanical in micro and mesoscale. The micromechanical resistance of soils was evaluated by rheological curves and parameters, and the influence of water content on rheological parameters was evaluated by regression analysis. The influence of soil composition on rheological parameters and the relationship between rheological parameters and physical and mechanical properties were evaluated by correlation analysis and principal component analysis. There was great variation between soils and horizons according its constitution of particle size, mineralogy and chemistry, where sand, clay, total carbon and presence of 2:1 clay minerals were the most influential factors on rheological behavior of the soils. Soil matric potential also had a strong influence on micromechanics resistance of soils. There were correlations of rheological parameters with physical properties (bulk density and soil porosity), but few correlations with mesomechanical properties (uniaxial compressibility and direct shear). The higher silt and clay content increased the microstructural resistance of the soil, where higher sand content decreased this resistance. The predominance of smectite in clay fraction increased the microstructural elasticity; the increased of kaolinite decreased the elasticity and the increased of iron oxides raised the microstructural stiffness (shear stress) of the soils. Increased water pressure increased micromechanical resistance of most soils due to meniscus force, occurring reduction in micromechanics stiffness at 10 kPa pressure due to presence of pseudosand associated with low bulk density. The increase of carbon content increased soil elasticity, but decreased soil rigidity; and cations content correlated only indirectly with rheological parameters. The larger correlation between rheological parameters and physical properties is probably due to aggregation factors being the same in both scales, such as particle size, mineralogy and their interactions. On the other hand, the low relation of soil mechanical resistance in micro and mesoscale seem influenced by different factors related to soil composition and structure.