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6 Nov 2007: Experiments, including Tension, bending and torsion tests are performed to characterise the behaviour of PP/Glass laminated composite.

16 Feb 2010: Laboratory single and simultaneous injection tests were performed on kaolin clay to investigate the effect of overconsolidation ratio, grout material properties (grout viscosity and water cement ratio), grout injection volume, radial ... The effect of

28 Feb 2002: 2-. 2. Experimental Procedure The test series consisted of seven oil-saturated tests (SKH-5 to 11) and one dry test (SKH-12) carried. ... 2000). The results of test SKH-9 are plotted in Figures 18 & 19.

26 Jun 2001: 26 centrifuge tests, 12 triaxial compression tests, and 12 shear box tests were carried out. ... v. ). Keywords: CPT, pile, centrifuge test, sand, slope test, pull-out test, triaxial test, total stress cell, dimensional analysis, numerical analysis,

17 Dec 1998: I developed drum centrifuges in Cambridge to reduce the cost of centrifuge tests, to improve the accuracy, and reduce the labour and the time needed for any one test series. ... Our test data are used to validate numerical models and our small scale

6 Jan 2000: Roscoe, Schofield, and Wroth (1958) used test paths to critical states to explain water content changes in drained triaxial tests and pore-pressure changes in undrained tests. ... Coulomb reports tension and shear tests on two square inch cross section

24 Feb 2010: desiccation (due to groundwater fluctuation and weathering action), mix proportion of ingredients, and scale (or size) of test section. ... A conceptual framework for constitutive modelling is proposed based on the triaxial test results.

20 May 2002: SBP tests can also be carried out. In order to interpret the test, new geometry constants (shape factors), specific to the test cavity shape, were required. ... Tests were conducted at three natural soil deposit sites and one engineered barrier test site

13 Feb 2002: The test series has shown that macroscopic partially drained behaviour was different from that expected in the drained or undrained conditions. ... There is no evidence of pore pressure building up in any of the events conducted in the nine tests.

17 Oct 2008: Field test data was used to validate the behaviour observed in the centrifuge tests. ... This model links strength and stiffness values measured in centrifuge tests to field scale test results.

9 Nov 2005: However, only when drainage conditions during a piezocone test are fully understood can the piezocone measurements be correlated to the soil properties. ... The implications of a partially drained piezocone test are discussed, and the use of multi-rate

26 Jun 2001: Tunnel stability in the first test series was well predicted by plasticity theory. ... The test series conducted on model tunnel headings showed the stability to be strongly influenced by the heading geometry.

10 Feb 2003: For these tests, the strip was modelled in ABAQUS. The dimples were induced by applying compressive prestress in the strip at the location of the dimples.

6 Oct 2005: g. Time(s). TEST IT09. FLIGHT 1. Scales: Prototype. Long-Term Time Records. ... 5. 0. 5. 10. g. Time(s). TEST IT09. FLIGHT 1. Scales: Model.

22 Nov 2004: Batch and flow-through leaching tests were employed to access the effect of the binder and bioaugmentation treatments on heavy metal leachability under varied test conditions, over a 28 days test ... Results show that binders were able to reduce metal

26 Jun 2001: Seven strip injection tests revealed that surface heave was dependent on the ratios of grouting pressure over overburden and grouting depth over width. ... Three multiple-point asymmetrical sequential injection tests revealed the effect of an increase in

11 Jun 2009: The first series of tests on tunnels in sand served as a baseline for comparison for the subsequent tests involving pipes and piles. ... The tunnelling tests illustrate that the Gaussian curve typically used to model settlement trough data is not

29 Nov 2007: Pipe uplift behaviour in clay was studied by a series of centrifuge tests. ... Tests were conducted in uniform silica sands with grain sizes varying over an order of magnitude and at different densities.

3 Feb 2004: The engineer can then design the reinforcement in the twodirections, and to be economic, he curtails the reinforcement assoon as possible, so that the resistance moment follows veryclosely the applied moment.

17 Dec 2001: The original photometric detection system produced promising results in one-dimensional unaccelerated sand dispersion column tests conducted using short pulses of dye and CuSO. ... equilibrium sorption models.Comparison between the retardation factors

26 Jun 2001: The centrifuge tests and numerical analyses confirmed the existence of established interaction effects such as passive' pile loading due to lateral displacement of clay past the piles. ... Keywords: full-height piled bridge abutment, embankment, soft clay

26 Jan 1999: 3 TAYLOR'S INTERLOCKING. 3.1 Taylor (1948) and his sand tests at MIT. ... Terzaghi’s analysis of test data considered Mohr’s circles at the end of tests.

25 Jan 2006: Geotechnical Engineering Group. Abstract. In a series of model tests of construction processes in soft ground in the mini-drum centrifuge, it has been proved that both physical and numerical modelling ... Multiple tests and parametric studies have been

26 Jun 2001: A series of full-scale monotonic uplift tests has been performed under submerged conditions on a variety of materials with different particle sizes. ... Full-scale experimental tests were carried out in which the backfilling velocity and bedding gap

29 Nov 2007: Index tests were performed to investigate effects of foam and polymer conditioning treatments on the undrained strength of London Clay samples. ... Tests were performed with consolidated kaolin and compacted conditioned natural clay soil samples.

27 Jun 2002: A series of 8 calibration chamber tests is reported. The pattern of soil displacement during pile installation was measured. ... Four series of field tests using pressed-in piles were conducted. The first series demonstrated that internal shaft friction

26 Jun 2001: The laboratory tests examined the migration of ionic species through porous media due to electric and concentration gradients. ... The tests determined the pattern of the voltage, concentration and temperature fields generated by a two-electrode

21 Nov 2001: Investigations involving both centrifuge tests and Finite Element Analyses (FEA) therefore have been performed to clarify aspects of the pile behaviour subjected to NSF. ... Various attempts were made to improve the pile performance and to allow better

5 Jul 2004: The DEM crushable soil was made of numerical agglomerates. Element test data was produced that covered a large range of stresses and densities, using five constant-value micro-parameters. ... Modelling the statistical strengths of these agglomerates

26 Jun 2001: Several centrifuge tests were conducted on the same model at different 'g' levels. ... The results from the F.E. analyses compared well with the centrifuge test data.

22 Jun 2009: engineering. The SPH package with the new soil models and the boundary treatments is tested by simulating simple compression tests. ... The SPH package with the coupling algorithm is tested by simulating a bucket problem, a consolidation test and a

27 Apr 2005: Geotechnical Engineering Group. Abstract. The work reported in this dissertation is a contribution to the development of a new design method, based directly on the data of accurately chosen soil tests, ... Comparisons are also made with field studies

2 Nov 2011: Laboratory tests were conducted to investigate the effect of changing treatment factors such as chemical concentrations, retention times and effective input rates (mole/litre/hour) on chemical efficiency. ... with cementation was different from previous

4 Mar 2002: 3-. 2. Experimental Procedure The test series consisted of five oil-saturated tests (SKH-13 to 17). ... This test consisted of a single circular flexible pile. in a liquefiable slope.

7 Mar 2002: Environmental Geotechnics. 29. M.C Barbosa, R J Lynch,. and J.D McKinley, "Migration of aqueous acetone and potassium chloride through kaolin: minidrum centrifuge test CBLC1", Cambridge University Engineering Department Technical ... imaging techniques

29 Nov 2007: Seismic behaviour of MSW was then studied by performing dynamic tests on landfill models with the model waste. ... The criteria for crack initiation in clay were investigated by performing 4-point bending tests on consolidated clay beams.

23 Jun 2008: This is conducted by means of centrifuge model tests. Model piles were loaded close to a model tunnel in-flight at 75g. ... The centrifuge tests in this study show that the loading impact from the bored piles on the tunnel is rather limited.

17 Aug 2001: Experimental Testing. Two tests are presented in which the performance of the chamber has beenevaluated. ... Test ECOl, Laboratory Evaluation I. An overview of the test is shown in Figure 2.

3 Feb 2010: Dynamic centrifuge tests have been conducted on small-scale tunnel models for this purpose. ... These deformations were measured using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) technique for the first time in a dynamic centrifuge test involving earthquakes.

14 Dec 2010: Centrifuge modelling was mainly used for this research. Different pile installation methods were carried out in centrifuge tests. ... The earthquake tests reveal significant differences in the performance of pile groups compared with pseudo-static cyclic

27 Oct 2008: In the experimental work, the performances of optical cables embedded in concrete beams are studied via uniaxial loading tests. ... Separate tests were conducted to study thermal behaviour of optical cables using thermal bath and during concrete curing.

9 Nov 2005: Completely decomposed granitie (CDG), a typical soil found in Hong Kong, was used for the centrifuge tests of loose fill slopes. ... In the centrifuge tests, shear localized progressive failure is visualized by means of an image analysis developed by CUED

31 Mar 2004: Accelerated ageing tests using elevated temperatures were therefore conducted up to 3 months, to investigate the various physicochemical characteristics of both un-aged and aged treated soils. ... In freeze-thaw durability tests some multiple-contaminant

2 Nov 2011: Mini ball-penetrometer tests on natural cores confirm the crustal strength, and indicate a sensitivity of 3 within the crust. ... However, pipeline interface tests using the Cam-shear device demonstrate a significant variability in the measured interface

26 Jan 2006: In this research, the horizontal arching mechanism and lateral deformations of cantilever walls are investigated using centrifuge tests. ... A series of six tests was carried out at 45g and the panel widths and thicknesses around the model basement were

5 Nov 2003: The failure mode observed in the tests was similar to those observed in the field in laterally spreading soil. ... Keywords: Pile failure, Buckling instability, Liquefaction, Case histories, Centrifuge tests, Slenderness ratio, Lateral spreading.

16 Apr 2002: Eight tests were carried out on laterally spreading slopes and a further five on slopes containing instrumented pile foundations. ... Using linearised pore pressures overestimated the measured slope displacements as dilation limits the movements measured

26 Jun 2001: Laboratory tests were conducted on clay contaminated with inorganic pore water solutions. ... Permeability, rheology and capillary suction time tests were conducted to observe the change in physical and chemical properties of the clay with changes in

26 Jun 2001: Since then design theories have been developed alongside an increasing database of full scale, small scale and centrifuge model tests. ... Keywords: geosynthetic, reinforcement, tension, reinforced soil wall, centrifuge model test, strip load cell,

11 Dec 2002: During loading, tests conducted at different rates showed no influence on the strain developed. ... In unloading, the slower rate tests produced greater shear strains once the condition became extensive.