Modelling with Transparent Soils Visualizing Soil Structure Interaction and Multi Phase Flow, Non-Intrusively /

• Main Author: Iskander, Magued (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geotechnical engineering.; Continuum physics.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Classical Continuum Physics.

The fundamental premise of this monograph is that transparent synthetic materials with geotechnical properties similar to those of natural soils can be used to study 3D deformation and flow problems in natural soils. Transparent soils can be made by matching the refractive index of synthetic soil ma...

Table of Contents:

• to Transparent Soils
• Optical Techniques in Geotechnical Engineering
• to Light and Optics
• Optical Measurement of Strain and Stress
• Geotechnical Properties of Transparent Silica Powders
• Geotechnical Properties of Silica Gels
• Geotechnical Properties of Aquabeads
• Digital Image Correlation
• Application of DIC for Measuring Deformations in Transparent Soils
• Validation of Measured 2D Deformations
• 3D Deformation Measurement
• 2D Flow in Transparent Synthetic Soils
• Epilogue.