wall displacements and ground pressure acting on the lining of a tunnel increase with time. these time-dependent deformations are both due to face advance effect and to the time-dependent behavior of the rock mass.  viscoelastic materials exhibit both viscous and elastic behaviors. thorough this study, the effect of different linear viscoelastic models including maxwell, kelvin and kelvin-voigt...

We report measurements of thermal expansion on a number of polycrystalline Cu(x)TiSe(2) samples corresponding to the parts of x-T phase diagram with different ground states, as well as the pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature, T(c), for samples with three different values of Cu doping. Thermal expansion data suggest that the x-T phase diagram may be more complex tha...

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In a dc-magnetron discharge with argon feed gas, densities of copper atoms in the ground state Cu(S1/2) and metastable state Cu*(D5/2) were measured by resonance absorption technique, using a commercial hollow cathode lamp as light source. The operating conditions were 0.3 14 μbar argon pressure and 10 200 W magnetron discharge power. The deposition rate of copper in a substrate positioned at 1...

this paper presents a description of the equipment, testing procedure, and methodology to obtain ground mechanical parameters. the p-y curves for laterally loaded piles are developed. methods for the development of p-y curves from pressure meter and dilatometer (dmt) test are described. p-y curves are used in the analysis to represent lateral soil-pile interaction. the pressure meter offers an ...

Thorough resistivity measurements on single crystals of CeZn 11 under pressure p and magnetic field H are presented. At ambient pressure, CeZn 11 orders antiferromagnetically at T N = 2 K. The pressure dependence of the resistivity reveals an increase of the Kondo effect. We determine the pressure evolution of the magnetic exchange interaction between conduction and localized 4f electrons. It q...

Abstract The consolidation of earth and rock dam foundations its effect on stability is a key concern in water conservancy transportation projects. It common to use the vacuum combined pre-pressure method deal with soft ground foundation, where reasonable selection soil coefficient one important factors determine success project. In this paper, numerical simulation used study strength law found...

Livestock grazing is one of the most important factors influencing the above-ground community composition and structure in a natural grassland ecosystem. Different grazing intensities also have the potential to alter soil C and N storage substantially in grasslands. We conducted a field community study and soil analyses to determine the effects of different grazing intensities on the above-grou...

Ingestion of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts can result in severe disease in immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women. Treatment of meat and meat products to eliminate viable T. gondii tissue cysts would provide a means to protect consumers. In this study, we examined the effects of high-pressure processing (HPP) on ground pork containing viable tissue cysts of the VEG strain of T. gondi...

Wing in-ground effect (WIG) crafts are becoming promising transportation over the last decade. However, stability and control problems faced by the WIG in earlier development are still unresolved. This paper objectively investigates the lateral stability of wing in ground effect craft. The wing encompasses a winglet at the end of the wingtip. Lift, drag and pressure were measured with the respe...