As a new type of deep-sea anchoring foundation, thetorpedo anchor has the characteristics simple installation, low cost, and high bearing capacity. Compared with torpedo without an wing, end-bearing forms pile end resistance using plate, thus further improving its uplift By conducting pullout model test anchors, we have compared analyzed effects angle bearing-plate radius on T, EN3, EN4, EC typ...

Abstract—Under active stress conditions, a rigid cantilever retaining wall tends to rotate about a pivot point located within the embedded depth of the wall. For purely granular and cohesive soils, a methodology was previously reported called minimization of moment ratio to determine the location of the pivot point of rotation. The usage of this new methodology is to estimate the rotational sta...

This paper proposes an alternative mechanism of pile failure in liquefiable deposits during earthquakes. This failure mechanism, based on pile buckling, is formulated by back-analysing 14 case histories of pile foundation performance during earthquakes and verified using dynamic centrifuge tests. A new parameter, the slenderness ratio of a pile, is introduced to classify pile performance in liq...

Many factors such as production methods and structural parameters have distinctive influence on the quality and performance of a hand woven carpet. To investigate the effects of some variables, eighteen samples of carpet vary, in knot density, pile height and percentage of slipe wool, were manufactured. Pile yarn performance was assessed by using load-displacement compression curve, obtained fr...

We investigate the two-dimensional packing properties of prolate granular materials. As the dynamics of formation can be influenced by the method of delivery of the prolate particles to the surface, we experiment with different methods which include changing the viscosity of the medium as well. For an aspect ratio of Length/Diameter = 30 the average packing fraction for the rods is found to be ...

spm (Sand Pile Model) is a simple discrete dynamical system used in physics to represent granular objects. It is deeply related to integer partitions, and many other combinatorics problems, such as tilings or rewriting systems. The evolution of the system started with n stacked grains generates a lattice, denoted by SPM(n). We study here the structure of this lattice. We rst explain how it can ...

The origin of stress dip under the apex of a standard sandpile has stimulated significant debate within the scientific community. On the other hand, it could be argued that a semipile built against a vertical wall is of more practical interest since it serves as a model of dams, dykes, and embankments. There is surprisingly little information available for the stress distribution in this case. ...

We present an implementation of realistic static friction in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of granular particles. In our model, to break contacts between two particles, one has to apply a finite amount of force, determined by the Coulomb criterion. Using a two dimensional model, we show that piles generated by avalanches have a finite angle of repose θR (finite slopes). Furthermore, these...