Mechanisms of root-reinforcement in soils: an experimental methodology using four-dimensional X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation

Accepted/In Press date: 21 April 2020

e-pub ahead of print date: 20 May 2020

Published date: 27 May 2020

Additional Information: Funding Information: Data accessibility. Data used in this study has been made available on the Zenodo digital repository. Bull, D.J., Smethurst, J.A., Sinclair, I., Pierron, F., Roose, T., Powrie, W. & Bengough, A.G. 2020 Noise study data for: Mechanisms of root-reinforcement in soils: an experimental methodology using four-dimensional X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation. Zenodo Digital Repository (https://doi.org/10.5281/ zenodo.3361832) [53]. Bull, D.J., Smethurst, J.A., Sinclair, I., Pierron, F., Roose, T., Powrie, W. & Bengough, A.G. 2020 Data for: Mechanisms of root-reinforcement in soils: an experimental methodology using four-dimensional X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation. Zenodo Digital Repository (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3352268) [54]. Authors’contributions. D.J.B.carriedoutthedesignofthedirectsheartestrig(hardware,softwareandelectronics), X-ray CT scanning, data processing, data analysis and write up of the paper. J.A.S. was the principal investigator on the project, made extensive revisions to the manuscript and provided expertise in soil science and civil engineering. I.S. revised the manuscript and provided expertise in X-ray CT. F.P. provided extensive revision to the manuscript and provided expertise in digital image correlation techniques. T.R. provided revisions to the manuscript and provided expertise in soil–root behaviour. W.P. provided revisions to the manuscript and support to soil mechanics. A.G.B. provided some revision to the manuscript and extensive advice for direct shear tests with prior experience on the behaviour of willow that helped the design methodology of the experiments. All authors give final approval for publication. Competing interests. We declare we have no competing interests. Funding. This research was funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant nos. EP/M020177/1 and EP/M020355/1, as part of a collaboration between the University of Southampton, University of Dundee, University of Aberdeen, Durham University and the James Hutton Institute. The James Hutton Institute receives funding from the Scottish Government (Rural & Environmental Services & Analytical Services Division). Acknowledgements. Dr Sonja Schmidt carried out the initial development work on the shear rig, with technical support from Harvey Skinner and Karl Scammell. The authors acknowledge the µ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre at the University of Southampton for provision of tomographic imaging facilities, supported by EPSRC grant no. EP/H01506X. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.

Related URLs:

• https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3361832
• https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3352268

Keywords: Digital volume correlation, Direct shear, Root reinforcement, Slope stability, Soil science, X-ray computed tomography

Local EPrints ID: 439699

URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439699

DOI: doi:10.1098/rspa.2019.0838

ISSN: 1364-5021

PURE UUID: a0380c23-fcf6-4bf0-8101-01045907feb3

ORCID for Daniel Bull: orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-6153

ORCID for Joel Smethurst: orcid.org/0000-0001-8175-985X

ORCID for Fabrice Pierron: orcid.org/0000-0003-2813-4994

ORCID for Tiina Roose: orcid.org/0000-0001-8710-1063

ORCID for William Powrie: orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-0826

Date deposited: 30 Apr 2020 16:30

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