Physical modelling of pile penetration in clay using transparent soil and particle image velocimetry

Geotechnique

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-132

  Ni, Q ^a   Hird, C C ^b   Guymer, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clays; Deformation; Model tests; Piles

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; CYLINDRICAL MODELS; DIGITAL IMAGE; DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTION; LASER-LIGHT SHEETS; MODEL TESTS; NORMALISATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PHYSICAL MODELLING; PILE INSTALLATION; PILE LENGTH; PILE PENETRATION; PILE TIP; SHALLOW DEPTHS; STRAIN PATH METHOD; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TRANSPARENT SOILS; VERTICAL COMPONENT; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; VERTICAL SECTION;

CLAY MINERALS; DEFORMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MINERAL OILS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; SOILS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PILES;

CLAY; DEFORMATION; MODEL TEST; MODELING; PENETRATION; PILE; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 77954881800     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.8.P.052     Document Type: Article

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