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Finite element analysis

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Guidelines For Designing The Overhead Transmission Tower Foundations Adjacent To Cohesionless Slopes, Meshel Q. Alkahtani Nov 2021

Guidelines For Designing The Overhead Transmission Tower Foundations Adjacent To Cohesionless Slopes, Meshel Q. Alkahtani

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Foundations supporting electrical transmission line towers are subjected to oblique loading due to tower own weight along with wind loading. Due to land limitation and linear alignment of transmission lines, many power transmission towers are situated in sand near sloping grounds and proper evaluation of their foundation performance is essential for the safety and reliability of the critical power transmission lines. There is currently no guidance available on the behaviour of transmission towers foundations constructed near slopes. Thus, the primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the response of transmission tower foundations in cohesionless sloping grounds and investigate the …


Performance Assessment And Design Guidelines For Rc Three-Sided Culverts, Safwat Hassan Ramadan Aug 2021

Performance Assessment And Design Guidelines For Rc Three-Sided Culverts, Safwat Hassan Ramadan

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Reinforced concrete three-sided culverts (TSCs) are typically produced in large spans, up to 16.0 m, and low-rise profiles to handle heavy flows at sites with limited vertical clearance. Full-scale field studies and numerical analyses investigating TSCs do not exist to date. Accordingly, the current design practices specified in the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, CHBDC (CSA, 2014) and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation, AASHTO (AASHTO LRFD, 2014) do not distinguish between small-span box and large-span TSCs. A comprehensive study involving field monitoring and numerical analyses of TSCs is presented in this thesis. Three TSCs were instrumented to …