Estimation of soil electrical properties in a multilayer earth model with boundary element formulation
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Estimation of soil electrical properties in a multilayer earth model with boundary element formulation
zbMATH Open document ID: 1264.74277
DOI: 10.1155/2012/472457
author: Yanyan Li
published in: Mathematical Problems in Engineering
publication date: 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: We present an efficient model for estimation of soil electric resistivity with depth and layer thickness in a multilayer earth structure. This model is the improvement of conventional two-layer earth model including Wenner resistivity formulations with boundary conditions. Two-layer soil model shows the limitations in specific soil characterizations of different layers with the interrelationships between soil apparent electrical resistivity \((\rho)\) and several soil physical or chemical properties. In the multilayer soil model, the soil resistivity and electric potential at any points in multilayer anisotropic soil medium are expressed according to the variation of electric field intensity for geotechnical investigations. For most soils with varying layers, multilayer soil resistivity profile is therefore more suitable to get soil type, bulk density of compacted soil and to detect anomalous materials in soil. A boundary element formulation is implemented to show the multilayer soil model with boundary conditions in soil resistivity estimations. Numerical results of soil resistivity ratio and potential differences for different layers are presented to illustrate the application, accuracy, and efficiency of the proposed model. The nobility of the research is obtaining multilayer soil characterizations through soil electric properties in near surface soil profile.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74S15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74L15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78M15
zbMATH DE Number: 6173308
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/472457
OpenAlex ID: W2113151276
Wikidata QID: Q58911735
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6173308