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Full-Text Articles in Engineering
Investigation Of Hollow Bar Micropiles In Cohesive Soil, Osama F. El Hadi Drbe
Investigation Of Hollow Bar Micropiles In Cohesive Soil, Osama F. El Hadi Drbe
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Micropiles are used in various applications, including low capacity micropile networks, underpinning and seismic retrofitting of existing foundations and high capacity foundations for new structures. They facilitate fast installation with a high degree of ground improvement. The current Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) design guidelines designate hollow bar micropiles as Type B micropiles, even though their construction technique is different than typical Type B, which results in overly conservative design. In addition, the current practice for construction of hollow bar micropiles is limited to drilling bit/hollow bar diameter ratio of 2.5 or less. In this thesis, full-scale load tests were conducted …
Cyclic And Post-Cyclic Response Of Silt And Sandy Silt Soils, Ali El Takch
Cyclic And Post-Cyclic Response Of Silt And Sandy Silt Soils, Ali El Takch
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
A series of cyclic and monotonic constant-volume ring shear tests were carried out to determine the cyclic and post-cyclic response of silts and sandy silts with 25% and 50% sand. The elastic soil behavior at very small shear strain (γ < 10-4%) was investigated through shear wave velocity (Vs) measurements using bender elements at vertical stresses ranging from 50 to 300 kPa, while strain-controlled constant volume cyclic ring shear tests were conducted to establish shear modulus (G) and damping ratio (D) at larger shear strain amplitudes (γ > 0.01%). Liquefaction and strain-softening occurred at excess pore water pressure ratios (ru …
Hydrogeological And Thermal Sustainability Of Geothermal Borehole Heat Exchangers, S. Emad Dehkordi
Hydrogeological And Thermal Sustainability Of Geothermal Borehole Heat Exchangers, S. Emad Dehkordi
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Assessment of the current approach taken by guidelines and design methods of vertical closed loop heat exchangers shows that often groundwater flow is either disregarded or is not methodically incorporated. The state of scientific research in this arena reveals that overlooking the groundwater flow in the design procedure may not always be a correct assumption. The significance of advective heat transport compared to conduction is defined by the groundwater flux or Darcy velocity which heavily depends on the hydraulic conductivity of the ground, followed by the hydraulic gradient which has a relatively limited range. A sensitivity analysis on ground and …
Static And Seismic Soil Culvert Interaction, Osama Salem A. Abuhajar
Static And Seismic Soil Culvert Interaction, Osama Salem A. Abuhajar
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Failures of box culverts under static and earthquake loads can cause significant economic loss. Therefore, it is important to investigate the soil-culvert interaction of box culverts to understand their responses to such loads. The response of buried box culverts is a complex soil-structure interaction problem, where the relative stiffness between the soil and the structure is a critical factor. Soil arching is an important aspect of the soil-culvert interaction problem, and results in the redistribution of free-field stresses due to the presence of buried structures and leads to an increase or decrease in the loading around box culverts.
A series …
Change In Pore Size Distribution Of Compacted Soil Layers And Its Effect On Solute Breakthrough Curves, Sara Karimi
Change In Pore Size Distribution Of Compacted Soil Layers And Its Effect On Solute Breakthrough Curves, Sara Karimi
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
It is often useful to predict contaminant migration from waste containment systems, such as landfills, as part of the assessment of the overall impact of such systems on the receptor environment. In many instances, material properties, for example, those of the liner, are assumed to be constant. This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of considering constant material and transport parameters in the modelling of sodium and chloride breakthrough curves through a compacted soil layer using the commercial software, Pollute v.7. Experiments were conducted with three different mixtures of glass beads and varying amounts of kaolinite (30, 40 and …