Centrifuge modeling has been considered as an effective means of studying flexural soil–pile interaction, yet the conventional use elastic material to model RC pile prototype is unable reproduce important nonlinear quasi-brittle behavior. It also remains a challenge numerically interaction due nonlinearity both soil and materials. This paper presents small-scale for testing soil–structure under...

Eugene Massachusetts Ins Cambridge, SUMMARY A program was written to solve calculus word problems. The program, CARPS (CAlculus Rate Problem Solver), is restricted to rate problems. The overall plan of the program is similar to Bobrow's STUDENT, the primary difference being the introduction of "structures" as the internal model in CARPS. Structures are stored internally as trees, each structure...

Title of Document: EFFECTS OF WINGWALL CONFIGURATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGES Andreas Paraschos, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Amde M. Amde Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering This research includes parametric studies performed with the use of three-dimensional nonlinear finite element models in order to investigate the effects...

I review the concept of self-organized criticality, wherein dissipative systems naturally drive themselves to a critical state with important phenomena occurring over a wide range of length and time scales. Several exact results are demonstrated for the Abelian sandpile. Self-organized criticality concerns a class of dynamical systems which naturally drive themselves to a state where interestin...

Monopiles are the most popular foundation for offshore wind turbines. These foundations typically have a low length to diameter ratio and undergo rigid body rotation when subjected lateral load. This paper presents results from an extensive numerical investigation involving 3D finite element analyses demonstrate that moment-rotation response of monopile in sand can be represented using single n...

Compared with conventional piles such as the circle pile, the cast-in-place large-diameter pile (PCC pile) has many advantages: the lateral area of PCC pile is larger and the bearing capacity of PCC pile is higher. It is more cost-effective than other piles such as square pile under the same condition. The deformation of the PCC pile is very important for its application. In order to obtain the...

alcohol production from molasses can lead to large amounts of wastewater that cause serious environmental concern. it is characterized with extremely high organic loading rate, high turbidity and dark brown color .composting this kind of wastewater is a biothermal aerobic process that during composting heat generated by the composition of the organic material reduces the moisture content of the...