Which software can simulate the Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial test on dense sands and can produce the excess pore water response curves?

Hello, I am looking for a software (FEM or DEM) with the capability of modelling Unconsolidated Undraind triaxial testing (uu) on saturated dense sands and to investigate the induced excess pore...

11 December 2018 141 3 View

Does any one know about New Saturation methods for Triaxial UU test?

Hello I am looking for a brief introduction of new saturating methods for evaluating pore water pressure build up during Triaxial UU test and determining Skempton's B parameter, I already am...

10 November 2017 2,077 4 View

Any Idea of what are the reasons for undrained strength of cemented sandy soil behave like this?

Hello everyone I have two plots belong to cemented sand and approximately got saturated around B values of 90% by back-pressure which then was subjected to UU triaxial test with 0.5 mm/min of...

04 May 2017 8,586 3 View

What are the reasons for appearances of local strain softening in cemented soils?

02 March 2017 3,679 10 View

What are common cohesion and friction angle values of saturated and unsaturated soil and their diffrences?

Hello everyone I have some question about principal of soil's shear strength What are the common values of cohesion and internal friction angle of Clayey Sand soil in saturated and unsaturated...

11 December 2016 4,874 2 View

What are the reasons for sudden jump in horizantal displacement in direct shear test?

Hello everyone I have been performing direct shear test on cemented sandy soil samples ( pre stressed by normal stress or in other words compacted ) after curing them for certain period of time, I...

03 April 2016 1,946 5 View

Sand stablization with crystalline type natural pozzolan and lime admixture?

hi to all I was wonder how to stabilize sandy soil (without any fine aggregate passing sieve number 200 astm) poorly graded or in nutshell pure sand with hydrated lime and natural Pozzolan , in...

01 February 2016 6,625 4 View

How to conduct laboratory static compaction same as proctor compaction(dynamic compaction)?

Hi to All I want to conduct static compaction on remolded soil samples and compare the subsequent results( optimum moisture and dry density) with proctor compaction resaults using an unconfined...

01 February 2016 665 2 View

Could anyone please elaborate the basic concept and in practice application of soil's critical state on soft soil creep modelling?

to whom it may concern, my question is in regards to geotechnical engineering. I am just wondering what kind of impact does stress path and its critical state in soils have on soft soil creep...

07 August 2015 5,776 0 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

Compute for the total volume of concrete needed for the concrete pouring of the foundation including its column up to NGL only as shown in the plan?

Looking for the quantity of cement, sand, and gravel of footings and columns. Thank you!

25 February 2021 3,092 2 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

Are there packages (R or Python) for simple models (bucket?) to assess soil water content?

Hi everyone. I am researching droguht effects on soil water drought. I am looking for already implemented functions in R or Python to estimate soil water content from precipitation,...

21 February 2021 2,084 1 View

Which type of loading is to be used in dynamic analysis of Machien foundation?

Hello Everyone, Hope you all are doing well. I'm trying to simulate a machine foundation in ABAQUS with a geo-cell reinforced soil bed. Im totally confused to which type of loading would be...

21 February 2021 4,388 3 View

How to apply a voltage sinusoidal/harmonic load in ANSYS APDL?

Hello all, I want to simulate a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator DAE (an electrostatic-Structural analysis). I want to apply various voltages and frequencies into the DEA in the form of sine wave....

13 February 2021 3,261 3 View

Measurement of water retention in organic substrates without a pressure plate?

Hello, I'm trying to measure the physical and hydrological properties of organic substrate media. Currently, I'm referring The book Soil sampling and Methods of Analysis by Carter and Gregorich....

09 February 2021 3,233 8 View

What will happen (quality or quantity wise) if we transplant 'Aerobic Rice' in puddled condition?

I want to know about the consequences of aerobic rice (both quality and quantity-wise) when transplanted or sown in puddled condition?

08 February 2021 2,343 6 View

Do there exist stand-alone permanently in-ground soil-moisture sensors with an installed GSM module, for outdoor use?

Am searching for a stand-alone permanently in-ground soil-moisture sensor with an installed GSM module, for outdoor use. The idea is for the sensor to send a moisture reading via a cellphone text...

04 February 2021 2,047 4 View

How do microbes tell the presence of an inorganic minaral in the soil?

Due to their ubiquitous nature, there is a tendency of the presence of microbes in a given mineral(s). For instance, if microorganisms that love the of pH less than 6 in the pH value, is isolated...

03 February 2021 4,630 10 View