in this work, experimental studies of internal friction coefficient and porosity of four high productive rice varieties in iran (nemat, neda, pajouhesh and pardis) have been presented. moisture content varied in four different ranges between 8 and 20%. the obtained results indicated that the internal friction coefficient decreased with increasing the moisture content from 8 to 11%, then decreas...

in this study, stability of geosynthetic reinforced soil retaining walls investigated using plaxis code that is based on finite element method. the effects of axial stiffness, length and vertical space between geosynthetic layers, internal friction angle of soil wall and cohesion of foundation on deformations of wall and maximum axial force of geosynthetic have been investigated. results of ana...

this paper discusses the arching effect as the formation of a stable arch in granular materials. for this aim, a developed trapdoor apparatus is designed in order to investigate the arch dimensions in term of the internal friction angle, average size and base angle of materials. observations show that for all tested granular ensembles, width and height of the arch increase with an increase in t...

physical and mechanical properties of alfalfa (medicago sativa, l.) grind are required for optimum design of equipment used in transporting, processing and storage of the material. this study was conducted to determine the effect of particle size (2.38, 3.36 and 4.76 mm) and moisture content (8, 9.3 and 11% wb) on some physical and mechanical properties of alfalfa grind. these properties includ...

Internal friction measurements have been carried out for a number of face-centred cubic CuNiZn alloys, especially the alloys around the composition Cu2NiZn. Damping measurements are carried out using an inverted K6-type pendulum equipped with an optical detector. With an extrapolation in the ageing time relaxation data for the disordered structure were obtained. Also shear moduli and Young's mo...