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Soil–steel structure shell displacement functions based on tensometric measurements Cover

Soil–steel structure shell displacement functions based on tensometric measurements

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica
Volume 40 (2018): Issue 3 (November 2018)
By: Czesław Machelski  
Open Access
|Oct 2018

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Cross-sectional geometry of soil–steel structure and truck location.
Cross-sectional geometry of soil–steel structure and truck location.

Figure 2

Model of soil–steel structure geometry [11].
Model of soil–steel structure geometry [11].

Figure 3

Cross-section of corrugated plate’s circumferential section and distribution of unit strains.
Cross-section of corrugated plate’s circumferential section and distribution of unit strains.

Figure 4

Arrangement of measuring points on the circumferential section of shell, as well as the 2D model.
Arrangement of measuring points on the circumferential section of shell, as well as the 2D model.

Figure 5

Functions εg(xp) for three points in the shell crown zone.
Functions εg(xp) for three points in the shell crown zone.

Figure 6

Functions εD(xp) for three points in the shell crown zone.
Functions εD(xp) for three points in the shell crown zone.

Figure 7

Functions ρ(xp) for three points in the shell crown zone, based on results presented in Figs. 5 and 6.
Functions ρ(xp) for three points in the shell crown zone, based on results presented in Figs. 5 and 6.

Figure 8

Comparison of shell crown deflections obtained by different measuring techniques.
Comparison of shell crown deflections obtained by different measuring techniques.

Figure 9

Deflection components at point 6 originating from bending and compression.
Deflection components at point 6 originating from bending and compression.

Figure 10

Changes in the vertical displacements of points in the shell crown area during the travel of vehicles.
Changes in the vertical displacements of points in the shell crown area during the travel of vehicles.

Figure 11

Changes in the horizontal displacements of three shell points during the travel of vehicles.
Changes in the horizontal displacements of three shell points during the travel of vehicles.

Figure 12

Change in vertical displacement of the shell point xo = L/4 during the travel of trucks.
Change in vertical displacement of the shell point xo = L/4 during the travel of trucks.

Sequence of locations xp of the pair of trucks relative to shell crown_

xp/L–4/4–3/4–2/4–1/401/42/4
Primary travel0123456
Secondary travel–11109876
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sgem-2018-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2083-831X | Journal ISSN: 0137-6365
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Language: English
Page range: 170 - 179
Submitted on: Mar 5, 2018
Accepted on: Jun 18, 2018
Published on: Oct 20, 2018
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
soil–steel structure,
moving loads,
studies of shell deformations,
displacement functions
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other,
Materials sciences,
Composites,
Porous materials,
Physics,
Mechanics and fluid dynamics

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