Moisture Diffusion in Concrete and Mechanisms of Drying Creep
The Pickett effect is the excess of creep at drying over the sum of shrinkage and basic creep. Several theoretical models have been presented to speculate on the mechanisms of this effect,...
Deformation of Concrete Due to Drying
The deformation of drying concrete is numerically investigated considering the effect of random arrangement of coarse aggregates. The result indicates that a part of the statistical variation...
A Model to Predict Restrained Shrinkage Cracking of Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Cracking due to restrained shrinkage occurs very often in an engineering practice, causing serious problems such as increased water permeability of the structure and corrosion of the reinforcement....
Influence of Finite Deformations in the Stress-Strain Modelling of Granular Media
An incremental formulations of the stress-strain law is presented for quasi-static deformation of granular solids. The stress-strain relationship is derived for an element of granular...
Instability and Plastic Flow of Soils
Materials should according to Drucker's postulate become unstable when the second increment of plastic work is negative. Experimental observations however show otherwise....
Constitutive Relations for Large Deformation Plasticity
Influence of the choice of measures of stress and deformation upon the representation of constitutive relations for elasto-plastic solids undergoing finite deformation is discussed. The...
Modeling of Successive Impacts in Sand
The principal aspects of numerical modeling of successive, high energy impacts in sand are discussed in this paper. These include the numerical formulation used for solution of the equations...
Comparison of a Microscopic Model and a Macroscopic Model Predictions on the Stress-Strain Behavior of a Soil
The stress-strain behavior of a soil under drained triaxial conditions was simulated using the Microscopic constitutive model TRUBAL. The model parameters for the Macroscopic constitutive...
Microscopic Modeling of Shear Strength of Contaminated Soils
The degradation of shear strength of soils due to prolonged contamination of soils is an emerging problem. The experiments conducted at New Jersey institute of Technology showed a gradual...
Constitutive Relations for Granular Solids Accounting for Heterogeneous Deformation Fields
Under high deviatoric stress levels corresponding to large strains, the deformation of granular media is highly heterogeneous. A micro-mechanical approach is developed here to model the...
A Time-Dependent Microplane Model for Creep of Cohesive Soils
The microplane model is used in this paper to describe the time-dependent (creep) behavior of cohesive soils (clays). The constitutive equations are defined on each of a set of microplanes...
Numerical Undrained Cyclic Loading Simulations Using the Discrete Element Method
Three dimensional numerical experiments on random arrays of rough spheres were performed using the discrete element method to study the behavior of granular soil and the results were compared...
Simulation of the Quasi-Static Deformation of 2D Assemblages of Rigid Discs
Although the importance of dilatancy in the constitutive behaviour of granular materials has been recognized for some time, conclusions about its evolution and dependence on different...
Interparticle Sliding and Rolling
Numerical experiments are done with a continuum plasticity program in order to study the initiation and evolution of shear bands. Many elements are used in order to resolve families of...
Scale Effects in Cone Penetration Tests
A field testing program was undertaken to examine the existence of scale effects between a miniature 1.27 cm2 and 15 cm2...
Plate Load and Pressuremeter Testing in Saprolite
On the island of Oahu, Hawaii, an exploratory tunnel for the Interstate Route H-3 highway was completed in December 1989. The purpose of the exploratory tunnel was two-fold; first to locate...
In Situ Determination of Smith Soil Model Parameters for Wave Equation Analysis
A methodology for in situ determination of Smith soil model parameters for wave equation analysis is presented. The method uses a small-rod penetration test in conjunction with CAPWAPC...
Hypermedia and its Application to Geotechnical Databases
The concept of hypermedia has the potential for greatly enhancing existing database management software. In the present paper the concept of hypermedia is briefly described, the nature...
Relational Database Design and Technology
Logical and physical design of a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is presented with a simple geotechnical database example. Fundamental relational database design principles...
Determination of the Deformation Characteristics of a Jet-Grouted Shallow Tunnel in Alluvial Deposits by Means of In-Situ Measurements and Back Analysis
The deformation characteristics of a jet-grouted shallow tunnel in alluvial deposits are investigated. An intensive in-situ measuring program accompanied each of the various excavation...
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