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Book Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences

Download or read book Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences written by Wade H. Shafer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, and disseminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) * at Purdue University in 1 957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dissemination phases of the activity were transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five years of this joint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all con cerned if the printing and distribution of the volumes were handled by an interna tional publishing house to assure improved service and broader dissemination. Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Cor poration of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum. We have reported in Volume 32 (thesis year 1987) a total of 12,483 theses titles from 22 Canadian and 176 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for these titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual reference work. While Volume 32 reports theses submitted in 1987, on occasion, certain univer sities do report theses submitted in previous years but not reported at the time.

Book Behavior of Pipe Piles in Sand

Download or read book Behavior of Pipe Piles in Sand written by Magued Iskander and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the major difficulties in predicting the capacity of pipe piles in sand has resulted from a lack of understanding of the physical processes that control the behavior of piles during installation and loading. This monograph presents a detailed blue print for developing experimental facilities necessary to identify these processes. These facilities include a unique instrumented double-walled pipe-pile that is used to delineate the frictional stresses acting against the external and internal surfaces of the pile. The pile is fitted with miniature pore-pressure transducers to monitor the generation of pore water pressure during installation and loading. A fast automatic laboratory pile hammer capable of representing the phenomena that occur during pile driving was also developed and used.

Book Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Download or read book Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering written by The Organizing Committee of the 16th ICSMGE and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2005-09-12 with total page 3742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 16th ICSMGE responds to the needs of the engineering and construction community, promoting dialog and exchange between academia and practice in various aspects of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. This is reflected in the central theme of the conference 'Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment'. The proceedings of the conference are of great interest for geo-engineers and researchers in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Volume 1 contains 5 plenary session lectures, the Terzaghi Oration, Heritage Lecture, and 3 papers presented in the major project session. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 contain papers with the following topics: Soil mechanics in general; Infrastructure and mobility; Environmental issues of geotechnical engineering; Enhancing natural disaster reduction systems; Professional practice and education. Volume 5 contains the report of practitioner/academic forum, 20 general reports, a summary of the sessions and workshops held during the conference.

Book Geotechnical Abstracts

Download or read book Geotechnical Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Model Uncertainties in Foundation Design

Download or read book Model Uncertainties in Foundation Design written by Chong Tang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Model Uncertainties in Foundation Design is unique in the compilation of the largest and the most diverse load test databases to date, covering many foundation types (shallow foundations, spudcans, driven piles, drilled shafts, rock sockets and helical piles) and a wide range of ground conditions (soil to soft rock). All databases with names prefixed by NUS are available upon request. This book presents a comprehensive evaluation of the model factor mean (bias) and coefficient of variation (COV) for ultimate and serviceability limit state based on these databases. These statistics can be used directly for AASHTO LRFD calibration. Besides load test databases, performance databases for other geo-structures and their model factor statistics are provided. Based on this extensive literature survey, a practical three-tier scheme for classifying the model uncertainty of geo-structures according to the model factor mean and COV is proposed. This empirically grounded scheme can underpin the calibration of resistance factors as a function of the degree of understanding – a concept already adopted in the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code and being considered for the new draft for Eurocode 7 Part 1 (EN 1997-1:202x). The helical pile research in Chapter 7 was recognised by the 2020 ASCE Norman Medal.

Book New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo environmental Engineering

Download or read book New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo environmental Engineering written by Shanzhi Shu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains research papers focusing on recent advances throughout the world in theories and technologies of geotechnical engineering and the relevant disciplines. Topics includes: numerical modeling, earthquake engineering, geomaterial application in soil improvement and geo-environmental engineering, foundation engineering, and geo-environmental engineering.. Papers were selected from the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23 to 25, 2018 in HangZhou, China.

Book A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Piles Driven in Sand

Download or read book A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Piles Driven in Sand written by Zhongxuan Yang and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Driven Piles in Sands reviews the critical need to develop better load-test databases for piles driven in sands. The key quality parameters, population of current entries and reporting formats are described before offering preliminary results obtained from comparisons between axial capacities calculated by various predictive approaches and site measurements. This book also shows that the "simplified" and "offshore" ICP and UWA variants proposed by some practitioners are over-conservative and that their use could be discontinued. The new pile capacity and stiffness database offers a broad scope for evaluating potential prediction biases relating to a wide range of soil and pile parameters. Submission of further high quality tests for inclusion in regularly updated versions is encouraged. Presents a comprehensive and updated database for piles driven in predominantly silica sands Features reviews of the design procedures for driven piles in sand Assesses the performance of various mainstreams design procedures applied for piles driven in sand Provides comprehensive information of case histories of pile load tests

Book Experimental and Simple Semiempirical Methods for Interpreting the Axial Load Versus Settlement Behaviors of Single Model Piles in Unsaturated Sands

Download or read book Experimental and Simple Semiempirical Methods for Interpreting the Axial Load Versus Settlement Behaviors of Single Model Piles in Unsaturated Sands written by Sai K. Vanapalli and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experimental studies were undertaken to investigate the vertical load versus displacement behavior of single model piles in sand (i.e., Unimin 7030 sand) under both saturated and unsaturated conditions. Stainless steel model piles with three different diameters (i.e., 19.25, 31.75, and 38.3 mm) with a length of 350 mm were used to conduct the pile load tests. Semiempirical methods were proposed to successfully predict the variation of end- and shaft-bearing capacities of single piles with respect to matric suction by modifying three conventional end-bearing capacity equations (Terzaghi 1943; Hansen 1970; Janbu 1976) and the ?-method (Burland 1973), respectively. In addition, finite element analyses were also carried out to simulate vertical load versus settlement behaviors of model pile tests using a commercial finite element software, SIGMA/W (GeoStudio 2007).

Book Basics of Foundation Design

Download or read book Basics of Foundation Design written by Bengt Fellenius and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Red Book" presents a background to conventional foundation analysis and design. The text is not intended to replace the much more comprehensive 'standard' textbooks, but rather to support and augment these in a few important areas, supplying methods applicable to practical cases handled daily by practising engineers and providing the basic soil mechanics background to those methods. It concentrates on the static design for stationary foundation conditions. Although the topic is far from exhaustively treated, it does intend to present most of the basic material needed for a practising engineer involved in routine geotechnical design, as well as provide the tools for an engineering student to approach and solve common geotechnical design problems.

Book Petroleum Abstracts

Download or read book Petroleum Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pile Foundations in Engineering Practice

Download or read book Pile Foundations in Engineering Practice written by Shamsher Prakash and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991-01-16 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a concise, systematic and complete treatment of the design and construction of pile foundations. Discusses pile behavior under various loadings and types of piles and their installation, including consideration of soil parameters. It provides step-by-step design procedures for piles subject to vertical loading and pullout, lateral, inclined and eccentric loads, or dynamic loads, and for piles in permafrost. Also describes load test procedures and their interpretation and buckling of long, slender piles with and without supported length. The closing chapter presents case histories of prediction and performance of piles and pile groups. Includes numerous solved problems.

Book Analysis and Prediction of the Axial Capacity and Settlement of Displacement Piles in Sandy Soil

Download or read book Analysis and Prediction of the Axial Capacity and Settlement of Displacement Piles in Sandy Soil written by Feng Mu and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Analysis and Prediction of the Axial Capacity and Settlement of Displacement Piles in Sandy Soil" by Feng, Mu, 牟峰, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ABSTRACT Piles are often used as foundations for tall buildings and critical structures. The performance of displacement piles in sand is recognized as being the area of greatest uncertainty in foundation design. Until recently, design methods throughout the world were almost entirely empirical. The failure to fully understand the underlying mechanisms is due mainly to the complexity of the interaction between the pile and surrounding soil. This thesis describes an investigation into the behavior of displacement piles in sandy soil and proposes a novel approach for the analysis and prediction of both the capacity and settlement of displacement piles under axial load. The estimation of ultimate base resistance is implemented in the framework of spherical cavity expansion theory by taking into account the properties of sandy soils, in terms of nonlinear shear stiffness and state-dependent shear strength. The ultimate local shaft friction is estimated based on a careful investigation of the 'friction fatigue' along the pile shaft during pile installation. Three phases of the load-settlement response are identified according to the mobilization of base and shaft resistances, and thereafter estimates are made in terms of the individual contributions of the base and shaft resistances to the total head settlement in each phase. A database of high-quality pile load tests is compiled for purposes of validating the proposed approach. A reasonably good agreement is shown between the measurements and predictions in both capacity and settlement. To facilitate the practical application, further effort has been made to develop a user-friendly software in the Windows platform that incorporates this novel approach. ii DOI: 10.5353/th_b3955898 Subjects: Piling (Civil engineering) Soil mechanics

Book ICP Design Methods for Driven Piles in Sands and Clays

Download or read book ICP Design Methods for Driven Piles in Sands and Clays written by Richard Jardine and published by Thomas Telford Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadening the recommendations published by Jardine and Chow in 1996, this volume provides procedures that can be applied by geotechnical engineers, supported by worked examples for sands and clays. It also offers guidance on application to a range of pile types, geotechnical profiles and loading conditions.

Book Axial load capacities of steel pipe piles in sand

Download or read book Axial load capacities of steel pipe piles in sand written by Khalil Abdul-Rahman Al-Shafei and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: