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Investigation on Uplift Behavior of Rock-Socketed Belled Piles in Horizontal and Inclined Ground Using 1-g Model Test and 3D Numerical Method
Belled piles are increasingly being employed for transmission tower foundations in the mountainous regions of Western China, but their uplift behavior is not fully understood. This paper presents experimental ...
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The cement industry is one of the main sources of NOx emissions, and automated denitration systems enable precise control of NOx emission concentration. With non-linearity, time delay and strong coupling data ...
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A unified 2D and 3D morphology quantification and geometric parameters-driven reconstruction method for irregular particles
Particle morphology is a crucial determining factor in the physicochemical properties of geological materials. Currently, there are still substantial challenges with the characterization and reconstruction of ...
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Open AccessChina: legacy collieries versus renewable energy
The findings of the major strategic consulting project of Chinese Academy of Engineering ‘Research on the strategy of coal mine safety and abandoned mine resources development and utilization in China’ suggest...
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Open AccessDolomitisation favoured by Lewis acidic background compounds in saline fluids
Predicting the type and rate of reactions between minerals and fluids is of utmost importance in many applications. Due to the presence of background ions, natural environments are often much more complex than...
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Pullout Behaviour of Belled Piles Under Axial and Oblique Pull in Soil-rock Composite Ground: An Experimental Study
Transmission tower foundation is an important facility to ensure the stability of transmission tower structural systems under severe environment (such as strong winds). These piles are usually subjected to obl...
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Open AccessNumerical investigation of vertical borehole heat exchanger heat transfer under coupled conditions of groundwater seepage and layered subsurface
Vertical borehole heat exchangers (VBHEs) have been considered to be one of the best sustainable geotechnical technologies for building heating or cooling. In most of the current numerical models for the analy...
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Acidic hydraulic fracturing fluids are used to stimulate the productivity of geothermal energy within a hot dry rock geothermal reservoir (mainly stored in granite), and a fundamental understanding of the phys...
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Centrifugal Model Test Based Bearing Characteristics and Analytical Model of Uplift Pile in Combined Composite Ground
Pile foundation is an economic foundation system for supporting overhead power lines and resisting the large uplift force under high-intensity wind effects. However, the failure mode and ultimate capacity calc...
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Thermal and pore pressure gradient–dependent deformation and fracture behavior of saturated soils subjected to freeze–thaw
Fractures in soils subjected to freeze–thaw around underground facilities initiated from a connection of pores occupied by isolated ice and expansion of spaces occupied by layered ice in freezing, reserved in ...
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Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Coupling Research on Overburden Pressure Mitigated Ice Lens Growth in the Freezing Soil
Frost heave induced ground surface uplift can have a destructive impact on infrastructures when freezing methods are used for underground construction. The complexity of overburden pressure and the coupled hea...
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Field test on uplift bearing characteristics of transmission tower foundation in mountainous areas of western China
The tower foundation plays an important role in transmission line engineering, and the pull-out design is critical to ensure foundation stability. The engineering design and construction experience are still i...
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Thermal-hydraulic-mechanical coupling behavior and frost heave mitigation in freezing soil
Frost heave induced by artificial freezing can be destructive to infrastructure. The fundamental physicochemical mechanisms behind frost heave involve mainly the coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) beha...
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Calculation method and influencing factors of uplift bearing capacity of rock-socketed pedestal pile
With the rapid development of transmission line engineering in the west of China, the uplift problem of the tower foundation affected by extreme weather has provoked increasing concerns. Based on Balla rupture...
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Field Test on Uplift Bearing Capacity of Rock-Socketed Belled Piles
The thick sandstone with an upper layer of clay (2 m to 3 m) was identified at the transmission line projects in western China. Tower foundations are affected by extreme weather such as strong wind and snow al...
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Frost heave and frost heaving-induced pressure under various restraints and thermal gradients during the coupled thermal–hydro processes in freezing soil
Studies of frost heaving-induced pressure (FHIP) have been gaining increasing attention for applications using the freezing method to strengthen soils. This paper demonstrates a technique for measuring the FHI...
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Research on the Management Measure for Livestock Pollution Prevention and Control in China
In recent years, government and some organizations have published a series of polices and measures in order to resolve the problem of livestock pollution. Based these existing policies and economical measures,...
