Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Royal Military College of Canada
$149,000.00
An automated plane-strain apparatus that incorporates transparent soil and particle image velocimetry
EF 2013-14
Résumé
A plane strain laboratory test apparatus will be constructed and used to quantify the non-linear mechanical properties of soils used in a wide range of geotechnical applications. These applications include reinforced soil walls and slopes, landslides, buried pipes, box culverts and deep underground storage. A plane strain test apparatus is required so that the soil properties correspond to the plane strain boundary conditions that prevail for many of these structures in the field. The apparatus will include the ability to test transparent soil to directly observe soil deformations and shear band development within the test specimen. The apparatus will also have unsaturated soil and cyclic testing capabilities. The soil properties will then be available to develop advanced numerical models to investigate these geotechnical applications under both static and earthquake loading conditions.
Programme
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
458768-2014
Name nom
Siemens, Gregory
Department département
Civil Engineering
Organization id
30
Institution établissement
Royal Military College of Canada
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2013
Competition year année de concours
2014
Award amount
149000
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1509
Committee name en
Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Committee name fr
Génie civil, industriel et des systèmes
Area of application code
1203
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Earth sciences
Area of application fr
Sciences de la terre
Research subject code
1002
Research subject group en
Civil engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie civil
Research subject en
Geotechnical engineering (including engineering geology)
Research subject fr
Géotechnique (y compris génie géologique)
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
An automated plane-strain apparatus that incorporates transparent soil and particle image velocimetry
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
A plane strain laboratory test apparatus will be constructed and used to quantify the non-linear mechanical properties of soils used in a wide range of geotechnical applications. These applications include reinforced soil walls and slopes, landslides, buried pipes, box culverts and deep underground storage. A plane strain test apparatus is required so that the soil properties correspond to the plane strain boundary conditions that prevail for many of these structures in the field. The apparatus will include the ability to test transparent soil to directly observe soil deformations and shear band development within the test specimen. The apparatus will also have unsaturated soil and cyclic testing capabilities. The soil properties will then be available to develop advanced numerical models to investigate these geotechnical applications under both static and earthquake loading conditions.
