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Full scale laminar box for 1-g physical modelling of liquefaction
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Thevanayagam, S. Huang, Q. Constantinou, M. C. Abdoun, T. Dobry, R. |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Brief details of a 1-g full scale laminar box system capable of simulating the liquefaction phenomenon of saturated loose soil deposit up to 6 m deep are presented. The internal dimensions of the box are 5 m in length and 2.74 m in width. The system consists of a two dimensional laminar box made of 40 rectangular laminates stacked on top of each other supported by high capacity and very low friction bearings, a base shaker sitting on the strong floor, two high speed actuators mounted on the rigid blocks, a dense instrumentation array and a close loop hydraulic filling system for building loose sand deposit. Intricate details of the system are presented and its capabilities are illustrated using a recent shake test leading up to liquefaction. This chapter presents brief details of a 1-g full scale laminar box system capable of simulating the liquefaction phenomenon of saturated loose soil deposit up to 6 m deep. Liquefaction of loose saturated soil is one of the common phenomena during earthquakes, causing severe damage to waterfront buildings and other pile-supported structures. The chapter describes the features of a new full scale laminar box system at University at Buffalo. The laminar base ring is bolted to the base shaker placed on the horizontal strong floor of the laboratory. A safety bracing frame system attached to the strong floor is installed on three sides of the laminar box, with optional spring loaded bracings, with vertical motion restrainer beams on top of the laminate. A set of initial liquefaction experiments were conducted, partly to evaluate the laminar box system, and for liquefaction research. Book Name: Physical Modelling in Geotechnics |
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| Ending Page | 523 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 520 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9780429438660-76 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2018-07-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Physical Modelling in Geotechnics Civil Engineering Liquefaction Full Scale Laminar Box System |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
