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Identifying Shallow Foundation Failure Modes and Mechanisms Using Surveillance of a Transparent Granular Soil Surrogate
Title
Identifying Shallow Foundation Failure Modes and Mechanisms Using Surveillance of a Transparent Granular Soil Surrogate.
Creator
Purdy, Denys W., Sobhan, Khaled, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description
A transparent soil model of granular fused quartz is developed to study the mechanics of shallow foundations. Soil models, unreinforced and reinforced, prepared at relative densities 0.34 (loose) and 0.64 to 0.69 (medium dense) are tested using a rectangular footing (25 mm wide x 40 mm long) under strain-controlled loading. Digital Image Correlation is used to identify displacements of a seeded central plane parallel to footing width (B) and construct vector fields and contour plots. Fiber...
Show moreA transparent soil model of granular fused quartz is developed to study the mechanics of shallow foundations. Soil models, unreinforced and reinforced, prepared at relative densities 0.34 (loose) and 0.64 to 0.69 (medium dense) are tested using a rectangular footing (25 mm wide x 40 mm long) under strain-controlled loading. Digital Image Correlation is used to identify displacements of a seeded central plane parallel to footing width (B) and construct vector fields and contour plots. Fiber-reinforced soil model data analysis is inconclusive. For the unreinforced medium-dense soil, minimum and peak magnitude horizontal displacements occurred directly under the footing at the footing edges; whereas in the loose soil, peak magnitude horizontal displacement occurred directly under the footing. Vector and contour plots revealed that a medium dense soil gradually distributes smaller magnitude displacements over a broad area, in contradistinction to acute, highly localized displacements of larger magnitude in a loose soil.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004832, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004832
Subject Headings
Soils--Testing., Soils.
Format
Document (PDF)
Primary and secondary compression behavior of Florida organic soils
Title
Primary and secondary compression behavior of Florida organic soils.
Creator
Riedy, Kristopher W., Florida Atlantic University, Sobhan, Khaled, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
Abstract/Description
A comprehensive laboratory investigation was conducted to evaluate the primary and secondary compression behavior of undisturbed organic silts and peats obtained from 11 locations along SR 15/US 98 in Palm Beach County, Florida. A total of 43 consolidation tests were performed. The primary objectives were as follows: (i) to conduct a series of standard consolidation tests to determine the Compression Index, Cc, and the Coefficient of Consolidation, cnu; (ii) to determine the Secondary...
Show moreA comprehensive laboratory investigation was conducted to evaluate the primary and secondary compression behavior of undisturbed organic silts and peats obtained from 11 locations along SR 15/US 98 in Palm Beach County, Florida. A total of 43 consolidation tests were performed. The primary objectives were as follows: (i) to conduct a series of standard consolidation tests to determine the Compression Index, Cc, and the Coefficient of Consolidation, cnu; (ii) to determine the Secondary Compression Index, Calpha, at stress levels (sigmanu'/sigmap') ranging from 0.30 to 1.15; and (iii) to employ the well-known Time-Stress-Compressibility concept to establish a unique relationship between C alpha and Cc. It was found that for all practical purposes, the Calpha/C c ratio at any stress level is 0.03, which is consistent with the values reported in the literature for similar soils. A constant Calpha/Cc ratio provides an approximation of Calpha once C c is determined from a standard consolidation test, and without the need of ongoing laboratory testing to predict long-term settlement.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13386
Subject Headings
Soil consolidation--Measurement--Florida, Soil mechanics--Florida--Palm Beach County, Soils--Testing
Format
Document (PDF)
Permanent strain accumulation in a granular material due to cyclic loading
Title
Permanent strain accumulation in a granular material due to cyclic loading.
Creator
Genduso, Michael J., Florida Atlantic University, Sobhan, Khaled Dr.
Abstract/Description
To better characterize the accumulation of permanent deformation in a granular material, 40 Consolidated Drained (CD) triaxial tests (14 static and 26 cyclic) were performed under various stress conditions. A Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique was utilized in some Repeated Load Triaxial (RLT) tests to measure global and localized strains visually in a non-contact manner. Additionally, the experimentally determined resilient material properties were used in a finite element based...
Show moreTo better characterize the accumulation of permanent deformation in a granular material, 40 Consolidated Drained (CD) triaxial tests (14 static and 26 cyclic) were performed under various stress conditions. A Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique was utilized in some Repeated Load Triaxial (RLT) tests to measure global and localized strains visually in a non-contact manner. Additionally, the experimentally determined resilient material properties were used in a finite element based pavement modeling software called MICH-PAVE. Under cyclic loading, the permanent strain accumulation was found to obey the relationship of the form epsilonp =aNb, and the Resilient Modulus was used to develop the nonlinear K-theta model for granular materials. The observed/measured permanent strains using DIC/LVDT techniques compared favorably with the values obtained by the finite element simulation, and the evaluation of granular material by multiple methods seems promising for improved pavement design.
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13264
Subject Headings
Soils--Testing, Soil mechanics, Soil-structure interaction, Engineering geology, Rocks--Testing, Materials--Dynamic testing
Format
Document (PDF)