Title: Water and its conduction in soils; an international symposium,
Authors: Winterkorn, Hans F. 1905-; Winterkorn, Hans F. 1905-; National Research Council (U.S.).
Year: 1958
Subjects: Soil moisture.
Contents: Introductory remarks -- Properties of water substance -- Water structure and bioenergetics -- Organization of water on clay mineral surfaces and its implications for the properties of clay-water systems -- Influence of liquid and clay mineral type on consolidation of clay-liquid systems -- Mechanism of moisture equilibrium and migration in soils -- Movement and equilibrium of water in soil systems as affected by soil-water forces -- Influence of surface forces on flow of fluids through capillary systems -- Mechanism of soil moisture extraction from a pressure- membrane apparatus. -- Mathematics of isothermal water conduction in unsaturated soil. -- Soil water movement in the film and vapor phase under the influence of evapotranspiration. -- On the correlation of heat and moisture properties of soils. -- Moisture flow induced by thermal gradients within unsaturated soils. -- On the mechanism by which water moves through a porous material subjected to a temperature gradient. -- Physics of water movement in porous solids. -- Water movement in soils under pressure potentials. -- Some concepts pertaining to the freezing soil systems. -- Pressures developed in a porous granular system as a result of ice segregation. -- Importance of water in formation of soil structure. -- Effect of water movement on soil. -- Movement and distribution of water in soil in relation to highway design and performance. -- Field studies on subgrade moisture conditions.-- Moisture content and the CBR method of design. -- Hydrophobic earth as a means of moisture-, thermal-, and electric-insulation. -- Flow of water in hardened Portland cement paste. -- Mass transport phenomena in moist porous systems as viewed from the thermodynamics of irreversible processes.