‘Soil’ Mechanics
‘Soil’ Mechanics
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作者：
H. Dines
对“土力学”这一名称提出的反对意见是及时而有力的，但是这个困难是根深蒂固的，不是仅仅改变这门科学的名称就能解决的。主要的问题似乎是工程师们继续使用“土壤”一词来指那些不是一般公认意义上的土壤，而是包括所有柔软和松散的沉积物，即砾石、沙子、淤泥、粘土和泥炭的材料。一些土壤力学工作者还采用了其他意义有所改变的表达方式（例如，土壤剖面），这些表达方式最初在土壤学（土壤科学）中使用，现在已得到广泛认可。
THE objections raised1to the name 'soil mechanics' are timely and cogent, but the difficulty is too deep-rooted to be disposed of by a mere change of the title of the science. The main trouble would appear to be the continued use by engineers of the term 'soil' for material which is not soil in the generally accepted sense, but comprises all soft and loose deposits, namely, gravels, sands, silts, clays and peats. Some workers in soil mechanics also adopt with altered significance other expressions (for example, soil profile) which were first used and are now well established in pedology (soil science).