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Multiscale Investigation Of Thixotropy In Soft Clays, Jing Peng
Multiscale Investigation Of Thixotropy In Soft Clays, Jing Peng
Doctoral Dissertations
Fine-grained clay particles of <2 >µm in size are ubiquitous in soils and sedimentary rocks. Due to their platy shape, high aspect ratio, and surface charges, clay particles play a dominant role in controlling the mechanical properties of those fine-grained geomaterials such as soft clays and shales. In physics and engineering, some materials show that the strength and stiffness increases with time even if the boundary conditions remain unchanged (e.g., no change in pressure, temperature, or composition), and such a phenomenon is called thixotropy. It is generally agreed that the principle of thixotropy of wet clays is complex. For a closed, …
Study On Creep Characteristics Of Claystone Under Thermo-Hydro- Mechanical Coupling, Wei-Zhong Chen, Fan-Fan Li, Jiang Lei, Hong-Dan Yu, Yong-Shang Ma
Study On Creep Characteristics Of Claystone Under Thermo-Hydro- Mechanical Coupling, Wei-Zhong Chen, Fan-Fan Li, Jiang Lei, Hong-Dan Yu, Yong-Shang Ma
Rock and Soil Mechanics
As an alternative medium for the underground disposal of radioactive waste, claystone will be in the complex conditions of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling for a long time. In order to study the long-term stability of surrounding rocks, a series of heating-cooling drainage creep tests on claystone was carried out under different confining pressures and deviatoric stresses, and the following conclusions were drawn. The rise of temperature will increase the creep rate of claystone, and extend the time of decay creep stage. But during the cooling process, the samples mainly experience shrinkage deformation without obvious creep deformation being observed. The decrease of confining …
Integration Of A Prototype Wireless Communication System With Micro-Electromechanical Temperature And Humidity Sensor For Concrete Pavement Health Monitoring, Shuo Yang, Keyan Shen, Halil Ceylan, Sunghwan Kim, Daji Qiao, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan
Integration Of A Prototype Wireless Communication System With Micro-Electromechanical Temperature And Humidity Sensor For Concrete Pavement Health Monitoring, Shuo Yang, Keyan Shen, Halil Ceylan, Sunghwan Kim, Daji Qiao, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan
Daji Qiao
In recent years, structural health monitoring and management (SHMM) has become a popular approach and is considered essential for achieving well-performing, long-lasting, sustainable transportation infrastructure systems. Key requirements in ideal SHMM of road infrastructure include long-term, continuous, and real-time monitoring of pavement response and performance under various pavement geometry-materials-loading configurations and environmental conditions. With advancements in wireless technologies, integration of wireless communications into sensing device is considered an alternate and superior solution to existing time- and labor-intensive wired sensing systems in meeting the requirements of an ideal SHMM. This study explored the development and integration of a wireless communications sub-system …
Laboratory Investigation Of The Effects Of Temperature And Moisture On Interface Shear Strength Of Textured Geomembrane And Geosynthetic Clay Liner, Taki Stavros Chrysovergis
Laboratory Investigation Of The Effects Of Temperature And Moisture On Interface Shear Strength Of Textured Geomembrane And Geosynthetic Clay Liner, Taki Stavros Chrysovergis
Master's Theses
A laboratory investigation was conducted to determine the effects of temperature and moisture on the shear strength of textured geomembrane (T-GM) and geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) interface. Several landfill slope failures involving geosynthetics have occurred within the past three decades. Interface shear strength of T-GM/GCL is well documented for testing conducted at laboratory temperatures and at moisture contents associated with GCLs in submerged conditions. However, in-service conditions for landfill liner systems include a wide range of temperatures (extending from below 0 °C to above 40 °C) and a wide range of moisture conditions. Large-scale interface direct shear tests were performed …