MotoAdam
Mechanical
- Dec 7, 2004
- 2
Hi,
I am a mechanical engineer dipping my toe into the big world of geotechnical engineering.
I need to test the lateral holding power of a pile driven in to medium-hard rock; I would like to test this at reduced (say 1/4) scale if possible - reading around the literature it looks like it is possible but I haven't got any explicit methods or scaling rules yet. Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
I don't expect it will be possible to use a centrifuge, but using different material properties to maintain similarity is possible.
Thanks!
I am a mechanical engineer dipping my toe into the big world of geotechnical engineering.
I need to test the lateral holding power of a pile driven in to medium-hard rock; I would like to test this at reduced (say 1/4) scale if possible - reading around the literature it looks like it is possible but I haven't got any explicit methods or scaling rules yet. Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
I don't expect it will be possible to use a centrifuge, but using different material properties to maintain similarity is possible.
Thanks!