Request a quote
SUBSOLO 3D letters in relief on a dark wall, the same art that closes every episode
Original series · EP03 out now

SUBSOLO

An animated series by Damasco Penna about soil mechanics, from the grain to the test.

Watch EP03 Subscribe on YouTube
24 episodes 3 to 6 minutes PT · EN · ES in the field since 1980
Official trailer · 1:08

Watch the trailer

SUBSOLO trailer scene: the Specimen inside the triaxial cell

A single track: it starts at the origin of soils, moves through water and stresses, and arrives at the tests that measure it all. Content follows Brazilian standards and Damasco Penna's 45 years of field practice.

Season 1 · Arc 1: The material

The episodes

01

Origin and formation of soils

Millions of years of sun, rain and chemistry turn mountains into soil.

Watch · 3:22
02

The invisible scale of soils

A whole world between gravel and clay, far too small for the eye to reach.

Watch · 4:13
03

The good, the bad and the perfect soil

Every soil is grain, water and air. The grain carries the building. The void gives way.

Watch · 4:07

The soil's identity card

Sieve by sieve, the soil tells its story. The grading curve is its portrait.

The season

Four arcs, from grain to test

Arc 1

The material

Where soil comes from and why it is the way it is.

Now showing
Arc 2

Water and stresses

Effective stress, the concept that underpins all of soil mechanics.

Arc 3

Strength

When soil fails and how to measure it before it happens.

Arc 4

The investigation

The field and laboratory tests that reveal every parameter.

From the series to the field

What the series explains, we perform

Every concept in SUBSOLO comes from practice: drilling, in situ testing and soil laboratory work since 1980.

SPT drilling Soil characterization Triaxial test All services
Follow

New episodes on the channel

A new episode every two weeks. Subscribe to Damasco Penna's YouTube channel to watch each one as soon as it airs.

Subscribe on YouTube Contact us