Firstly, a series of model loading tests using the simulation of the ground by aluminum rods are conducted, in which the length and the property of reinforcing material are varied.
From the prototype-scaled model load tests, it was confirmed that the use of connected foundations for transmission tower structures is similarly effective for different load directions.
Open image in new window Fig. 3 Concreting of the slab model and loading test.
To further investigate the utility of the calibrated Pinching4 hysteretic model, reverse cyclic loading test was carried out on a portal frame (Fig. 4), and the corresponding analytical and experimental load deformation curve was compared.
An equation is derived based on Bayes' theorem to calibrate the suggested model with load test data from different sites, which is applicable even when the number of load tests at each site is small.
On the basis of the model outputs, a pendulum loading test device (PLTD) was designed and developed in the laboratory.
This paper describes an investigation into the cyclic behaviour of Dunkerque and NE34 Fontainebleau sands, performed to support and to help analyse field-scale and model pile cyclic loading tests on the same soils.
To check the validity of the proposed load sharing model, centrifuge load tests are conducted.
Fig. 6 Loading test in the experimental model.
For the drug loading test, docetaxel (LC laboratories) and human recombinant insulin (Sigma-Aldrich) were used as model therapeutic agents.
