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"Preface The first time I ever heard the word centrifuge modelling was during the late afternoon lectures given by Prof Chandrasekaran at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. The course was about finite element methods in geomechanics but Prof Chandrasekaran would philosophise that if we...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madabhushi, Gopal
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, [2015]
Subjects:
Geotechnical engineering > Methodology.
Structural analysis (Engineering) > Equipment and supplies.
Soil-structure interaction > Simulation methods.
Centrifuges.
Géologie appliquée > Méthodologie.
Interaction sol-structure > Méthodes de simulation.
Centrifugeuses.
Centrifuges
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Modern geotechnical engineering design in civil engineering
  • 2. Need for numerical and physical modelling
  • 3. Uniform circular motion
  • 4. Principles of centrifuge modelling
  • 5. Geotechnical centrifuges: Some design considerations
  • 6. Errors and limitations in centrifuge modelling
  • 7. Centrifuge equipment
  • 8. Centrifuge instrumentation
  • 9. Centrifuge data acquisition systems
  • 10. Shallow foundations
  • 11. Retaining walls
  • 12. Pile foundations
  • 13. Modelling the construction sequences
  • 14. Dynamic centrifuge modelling.