The general rheological model of paddy soils in south China

Abstract Analyses and experiments show that the Burgers model can be accepted as a general rheological model of paddy soils in South China, among which most are clays. Orthogonal tests and variance analyses show that the effect of soil conditions (mechanical composition, water content, bulk density) on rheological parameters is particularly significant, while that of loading conditions (shape and size of bearing surface, load) is practically not significant.