Browsing Theses--Civil Engineering by Author "Fratta, Dante"
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EVALUATION OF DIATOMACEOUS EARTH CONTENT IN NATURAL SOILS FOR POTENTIAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
Lee, Jeongki (2014-08-22)Diatomaceous earth is formed by the deposition of biological matter and as such has a number of unique engineering properties. Unique diatomaceous earth?s characteristics include high specific surface area, low dry density, ... -
EVALUATION OF INDUCED LATERAL STRESSES FROM NOISE WALL LOADING ONTO FLEXIBLE RETAINING WALLS
ZIMMERMAN, MICHAEL (2019)While the effects of uniform vertical surcharges have been studied extensively (e.g., Spangler 1956; Jarquio 1981; Georgiadis and Anagnostopoulos 1998; Greco 2006), the induced lateral pressures from horizontal (shearing) ... -
MEASURING DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF WIND TURBINE FOUNDATION SOIL IN RESONANT COLUMN - ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
WU, ZHENZHONG (2014-08-22)Wind turbine foundations are subject to large dynamic wind loads. The horizontal wind loads create large shear forces and moments on the foundation, which may result in critical issues related to the stability and deformation ... -
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING TECHNIQUES OF HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL POSTS: STRESS-WAVE PROPAGATION AND MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION
Anderson, Luke (2020-05)The number of highway guardrail systems with posts of unvalidated depth is unknown to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. These guardrail posts provide the support for barrier systems designed to protect motorists ... -
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSE OF SOFT FOUNDATION SOILS UNDER TALL MBANKMENTSAND RETAINING WALLS
Bozkurt, Merve Gizem (2013-05-19)The construction of tall embankments on soft soils requires staged construction, which leads to the consolidation of foundation soils, an increase in their effective stress, reduction in void ratio, and gain in shear ... -
STATIC AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF MONOPILES FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES
Mart�nez-Chaluisant, Vonmarie (2011-12-15)Current design recommendations for monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines were designed and tested for offshore oil and gas structures. Large-diameter (3.5 to 7 m) monopiles, like the ones used for offshore wind ...