Sandcastle engineering – a geotechnical engineer explains how water, air and sand create solid structures
- Written by Joseph Scalia, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University
There's a lot of science behind the natural forces that let this guy work his magic at the beach.Victoria Pickering/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDIf you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures while others are nearly shapeless lumps of sand, it helps to have a background in geotechnical engineering.
As a geotechnical...
