Should the effective stresses be constant during the effective stress numerical analysis?

Assuming running the undrained effective stress analysis in FLAC3D via Config FLUID using the effective stiffness and strength parameters, are we expecting the constant effective stresses in the...

06 July 2019 8,943 3 View

How can one remove the water level from the FLAC3D simulation at some point?

Is it possible to deactivate the effect of water so that FLAC adds the amount of steady state PWP to the effective stresses in all zones such that all the stresses in the soil constitutive model...

05 June 2019 5,263 2 View

How are the horizontal stresses calculated in FLAC3D?

The very initial step of each project is setting up the in-situ stresses. Right after the said step as well as amidst the dynamic analysis, could you cast light on how FLAC internally does the...

04 May 2019 2,205 1 View

How to assign the appropriate values to the interface element properties in FLAC3D?

Hey There. I am seeking a batch of references whereby the cohesion, friction angle, and dilatancy of the interface element, e.g., between a concrete foundation and the soil mass, could be...

02 March 2019 808 3 View

In what condition is the assumption of the constant effective major stress applicable?

I was wondering what were the rationales behind making such an assumption in the soil mechanics and geotechnical earthquake engineering? Is it allowed to be used only in the static condition or it...

01 February 2019 4,073 1 View

Could you please set forth why the most of the increases in the pore-water pressure in the undrained condition would occur during the unloading?

Please find enclosed the attachment.

11 December 2018 9,455 1 View

How to elaborate the diminishment of PWP in the vicinity of a foundation in a soil-structure interaction system amidst an earthquake?

PWP: Pore-Water Pressure

09 October 2018 2,393 0 View

Where can the journal abbreviations be found?

I am wholly grateful to you if the Civil Engineering journal abbreviations source could be announced herein. TA! Navid

05 June 2018 1,185 2 View

Would you please shed light on the rationale behind the statement below?

The yielding stress of concrete material is considered to be the same as the characteristic compressive strength (fc0) of concrete.

05 June 2018 8,489 0 View

What is the appropriate distance between the side boundaries in a 3D numerical model of a soil-structure interaction system for a seismic analysis?

For instance, Rayhani and El Naggar (2008) posited that the said distance ought to be greater than five times of the superstructure width. Rayhani, M. H., & El Naggar, M. H. (2008). Numerical...

05 June 2018 536 4 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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MGL tools

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

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i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

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Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

Can linear DNA be used as template for site-directed mutagenesis?

Is it possible to induce site-directed substitution mutation by quick-change method on linear dsDNA? or it has to be cloned in some vector? If yes, should it be treated with the Dpn1 enzyme...

03 March 2021 401 4 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

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