Abstract: Networks of near-surface climate stations often produce samples of air temperature that are spatially uneven and sparse. Spatial samples of air temperature, as a result, affect both the regional depiction of air temperature ...

Abstract: The effect of overconsolidation on the cyclic resistance ratio (CRR) for both non-plastic and plastic soils is examined using a laboratory test database, including cyclic triaxial, cyclic torsional, and cyclic direct simple ...

Abstract: Shear band formation is an important factor in understanding failures in soil. In this paper, shear localization and shear band formation and evolution are examined using ring shear tests performed on three sands prepared ...

Abstract: The uniqueness and form of the critical state line for sands have been widely debated in the literature when particles crush. In this paper, the large-displacement behaviors of two clean sands and a silty sand are studied ...

Abstract: A moltensalt thermocline tank is a lowcost option for thermal energy storage (TES) in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. Typical dualmedia thermocline (DMT) tanks contain molten salt and a filler material that provides ...

Abstract: The writers backanalyzed 39 well-documented liquefaction-induced lateral spreads in terms of a mobilized strength ratio,