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Book A Simple Approach to Performing Large Strain Cyclic Simple Shear Tests  Methodology and Experimental Results

Download or read book A Simple Approach to Performing Large Strain Cyclic Simple Shear Tests Methodology and Experimental Results written by Waqas Muhammad and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple and efficient methodology has been proposed for characterizing the large strain cyclic simple shear behavior of engineering materials. The proposed methodology includes the use of a modified test specimen coupled with a digital image correlation system to measure the evolution of shear strains during cyclic simple shear deformation. The effectiveness and simplicity of the proposed testing procedure for cyclic simple shear testing lie in the fact that it does not require any custom test apparatus or fixtures to conduct cyclic simple shear tests. The proposed test sample for cyclic simple shear testing makes use of conventional tensile machine with standard grips to conduct the tests. Furthermore, the coupling of the digital image correlation system allows for full-field surface strain mapping, enabling measurement of shear strain evolution throughout the cyclic shear deformation, avoiding any complications associated with shear strain measurements using conventional extensometry techniques. The proposed methodology is successfully applied to characterize the large strain cyclic simple shear behavior of extruded aluminum alloy AA6063 in both T4 and T6 tempered conditions. The obtained cyclic simple shear results are further discussed in light of microstructure evolution during cyclic simple shear deformation.

Book A Cyclic Undrained Simple Shear Testing Method for Soils

Download or read book A Cyclic Undrained Simple Shear Testing Method for Soils written by F. Tatsuoka and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An undrained simple shear testing method for soils using a torsional shear apparatus is described, in which a hollow cylindrical specimen is sheared under plane strain conditions without deforming and rotating all horizontal planes. In this testing method, the simple shear deformation mode is achieved only by several mechanical means without using an automated pressure control system. Typical results of cyclic undrained simple shear tests using uniform cyclic shear stresses on one-dimensionally consolidated saturated sand are presented. A similar undrained testing method with the same inner and outer lateral confining pressures, in which the simple shear condition is satisfied only in an approximated way, is also described. The test results show that the deviation of the stress-strain behavior in the approximate testing method from that under the exact simple shear condition increases as the shear strain increases. However, it was also found that for the purpose of evaluating cyclic undrained simple shear strength values defined by the amplitude of cyclic shear strain, the use of this approximate testing method is justified.

Book Handbook of Offshore Engineering  2 volume Set

Download or read book Handbook of Offshore Engineering 2 volume Set written by Subrata Chakrabarti and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-08-19 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Each chapter is written by one or more invited world-renowned experts * Information provided in handy reference tables and design charts * Numerous examples demonstrate how the theory outlined in the book is applied in the design of structures Tremendous strides have been made in the last decades in the advancement of offshore exploration and production of minerals. This book fills the need for a practical reference work for the state-of-the-art in offshore engineering. All the basic background material and its application in offshore engineering is covered. Particular emphasis is placed in the application of the theory to practical problems. It includes the practical aspects of the offshore structures with handy design guides, simple description of the various components of the offshore engineering and their functions. The primary purpose of the book is to provide the important practical aspects of offshore engineering without going into the nitty-gritty of the actual detailed design. · Provides all the important practical aspects of ocean engineering without going into the 'nitty-gritty' of actual design details· · Simple to use - with handy design guides, references tables and charts· · Numerous examples demonstrate how theory is applied in the design of structures

Book NBS Building Science Series

Download or read book NBS Building Science Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technical Note

Download or read book Technical Note written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cyclic Behaviour of Soils and Liquefaction Phenomena

Download or read book Cyclic Behaviour of Soils and Liquefaction Phenomena written by Th. Triantafyllidis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This conference brought together specialists in cyclic soil behaviour in order to discuss important results and new ideas in the field, and to share expertise in design of various problems involving cyclic or dynamic behaviour of soils. This book covers a variety of topics: * Theory and analysis, including constitutive relations of soil under cyclic loading, post-seismic stability analysis of soil/structure, dynamic stability of structures, liquefaction analysis of marine structures due to cyclic loading, and more * Cyclic and dynamic laboratory and model testing, centrifuge testing and in-situ testing. * Numerical analysis, including computer methods * Design of industrial applications and marine structures, installation methods of piles, vibrocompaction, densification of ballast in railway structures, case studies of earthquakes and post-liquefaction observations.

Book Safety and Reliability  Methodology and Applications

Download or read book Safety and Reliability Methodology and Applications written by Tomasz Nowakowski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the last fifty years the performance requirements for technical objects and systems were supplemented with: customer expectations (quality), abilities to prevent the loss of the object properties in operation time (reliability and maintainability), protection against the effects of undesirable events (safety and security) and the ability to restore performance (resilience). The need to adapt the operation of complex systems in such an uncertain and volatile environment has caused the necessity to formulate new and well established achievements associated with modeling, testing and evaluation of these properties. The concept of a complex system applies not only to the technical ones but also the infrastructure of major importance for social life such as transportation and logistics systems, buildings, power systems, water distribution systems or health services. Safety and Reliability: Methodology and Applications contains the proceedings of the 24th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2014, Wroclaw, Poland, 14-18 September 2014), and discusses theories and methods and their applications in the areas of risk, safety and reliability. The abstracts book (408 pages) + full paper CD-ROM (2496 pages) will be of interest to researchers and practitioners, academics and engineers working in academic, industrial and governmental sectors.

Book Computational Structural Dynamics

Download or read book Computational Structural Dynamics written by K. Talaganov and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume deal with the demonstration of the possibilities offered by computational technology as to finding better solutions to problems in different fields of structural dynamics, with a special emphasis on earthquake structural dynamics.

Book Advanced Laboratory Stress Strain Testing of Geomaterials

Download or read book Advanced Laboratory Stress Strain Testing of Geomaterials written by R. Kuwano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of developments in the measurement and interpretation of advanced laboratory stress-strain testing of geomaterials. It includes a collection of case studies which apply the test results and is based on the activities of the technical committee No 29 of the ISSMGE.

Book Testing Using a Large Scale Cyclic Simple Shear Device

Download or read book Testing Using a Large Scale Cyclic Simple Shear Device written by MI. Amer and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyclic simple shear testing is considered to be one of the most appropriate ways of reproducing in the laboratory the stresses that would be experienced by an element of soil in level ground subjected to earthquake loading. In the last few years cyclic simple shear testing has been analyzed experimentally and theoretically, and the advantages and limitations of the test presented. The main drawback concerns the lack of complementary shear stresses on the specimen vertical boundary and thereby a selection of the proper specimen size, that is, proper diameter versus height ratio must be carefully considered. The nonuniformity of the strain and stresses in the specimen most likely increases as the specimen diameter versus height ratio decreases. To investigate the specimen size effect on the primary dynamic (cyclic) soil properties, namely, the shear modulus and damping, a large-scale simple shear apparatus was constructed. In it, specimens having diameters from 7.6 to 30.5 cm (3 to 12 in.) and heights from 0.64 to 10.2 cm (1⁄4 to 4 in.) could be tested. Thus a wide range of diameter to height ratios could be obtained. The new testing device, its control system, and the method of preparation and installation of the soil specimens for such a large-scale device are presented and discussed. In addition, a cyclic testing program was conducted on sand and some examples of the data obtained are presented as well.

Book Applied Mechanics Reviews

Download or read book Applied Mechanics Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Unsaturated Soils  Research   Applications

Download or read book Unsaturated Soils Research Applications written by Adrian R. Russell and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 1321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the contributions to the Second European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2012, held in Napoli, Italy, in June 2012, and includes more than one hundred papers, addressing three thematic areas: experimental, modelling, and engineering.

Book Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

Download or read book Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics written by Alessandro Tarantino and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics has grown considerably over the last decade. In the laboratory and in the field, innovative techniques have been introduced into mechanical, hydraulic, and geo-environmental testing. Normally, this information is widely dispersed throughout journals and conference proceedings and it is often difficult to identify suitable equipment and instrumentation for research or professional purposes. In this volume, however, the authors bring together the latest research in laboratory and field testing techniques, and the equipment employed, and examine the current state-of-the-art in a forum devoted solely to experimental unsaturated soil mechanics. The papers published in the proceedings were peer-reviewed by internationally-recognized researchers. The topics tackled by the papers include suction measurement, suction control, mechanical and hydraulic laboratory testing, geo-environmental testing, and field-testing.

Book Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX  Volume 1

Download or read book Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX Volume 1 written by Manuel de Matos Fernandes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 935 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NUMGE 2018 is the ninth in a series of conferences on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering organized by the ERTC7 under the auspices of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). The first conference was held in 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany and the series continued every four years (1990 Santander, Spain; 1994 Manchester, United Kingdom; 1998 Udine, Italy; 2002 Paris, France; 2006 Graz, Austria; 2010 Trondheim, Norway; 2014 Delft, The Netherlands). The conference provides a forum for exchange of ideas and discussion on topics related to numerical modelling in geotechnical engineering. Both senior and young researchers, as well as scientists and engineers from Europe and overseas, are invited to attend this conference to share and exchange their knowledge and experiences. This work is the first volume of NUMGE 2018.

Book Advanced Triaxial Testing of Soil and Rock

Download or read book Advanced Triaxial Testing of Soil and Rock written by Robert T. Donaghe and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 1988 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although the triaxial compression test is presently the most widely used procedure for determining strength and stress-deformation properties of soils, there have been no books published on triaxial testing since the 1962 second edition of the landmark work The Measurement of Soil Properties in the Triaxial Test by Bishop and Henkel. It is apparent there is a need to document advances made in triaxial testing since publication of Bishop and Henkel's book and to examine the current state of the art in a forum devoted solely to triaxial testing. Because of increasing versatility brought about by recent developments in testing techniques and equipment, it is also important that the geotechnical profession be provided with an up-to-date awareness of potential uses for the triaxial test."--Overview.

Book The use of geosciences for exploring and predicting natural resources

Download or read book The use of geosciences for exploring and predicting natural resources written by Ahmed M. Eldosouky and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX

Download or read book Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX written by António S. Cardoso and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 1656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX contains 204 technical and scientific papers presented at the 9th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE2018, Porto, Portugal, 25—27 June 2018). The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of computational geotechnics, providing an overview of recent developments on scientific achievements, innovations and engineering applications related to or employing numerical methods. They deal with subjects from emerging research to engineering practice, and are grouped under the following themes: Constitutive modelling and numerical implementation Finite element, discrete element and other numerical methods. Coupling of diverse methods Reliability and probability analysis Large deformation – large strain analysis Artificial intelligence and neural networks Ground flow, thermal and coupled analysis Earthquake engineering, soil dynamics and soil-structure interactions Rock mechanics Application of numerical methods in the context of the Eurocodes Shallow and deep foundations Slopes and cuts Supported excavations and retaining walls Embankments and dams Tunnels and caverns (and pipelines) Ground improvement and reinforcement Offshore geotechnical engineering Propagation of vibrations Following the objectives of previous eight thematic conferences, (1986 Stuttgart, Germany; 1990 Santander, Spain; 1994 Manchester, United Kingdom; 1998 Udine, Italy; 2002 Paris, France; 2006 Graz, Austria; 2010 Trondheim, Norway; 2014 Delft, The Netherlands), Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX updates the state-of-the-art regarding the application of numerical methods in geotechnics, both in a scientific perspective and in what concerns its application for solving practical boundary value problems. The book will be much of interest to engineers, academics and professionals involved or interested in Geotechnical Engineering.