Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Idaho, 2006. / Abstract. "June 2006." "In liquefaction, the movement of particles is generally viewed as random and isotropic. A numerical study has been performed based on the hypothesis that as liquefaction occurs, initially randomly placed particles become organized into a lattice structure. As a result, the initial behavior may be isotropic, but there is a progressive movement to anisotropic behavior as cyclic shearing is applied. The study is performed under ideal conditions considering spherically shaped particles of the same size in pure shear. The results of the study showed that the particles organize to the same lattice structure regardless of friction coefficient or shear plane selection. Consequently, this study provides a tool for calibrating constitutive models related to liquefaction."--p. iii. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-51). Also available online in PDF format.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:OCLC/oai:xtcat.oclc.org:OCLCNo/154053393 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Creators | Spears, Robert E. |
| Source Sets | OCLC |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertations, Academic. |
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