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      <title>THE INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF A ROCK MASS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The mechanical behaviour of a rock mass of the Fanusi formation in the Palermo mountains, Sicily, has been investigated through a detailed insitu and laboratory testing program.  The rock is a highly fractured dolomitic limestone of low to medium strength, intersected by six sets of discontinuities, the spacing of which varies from extremely close to moderate.  A comparison of the insitu results with laboratory measurements indicates that the scale effect along the discontinuities seems to be controlled by the spacing.  (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MEASUREMENT OF THE RESIDUAL SHEAR STRENGTH OF ARTIFICIAL MIXTURES OF VARIABLE GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article describes an experiment on samples of artificial mixtures of coarse and fine grained materials, using a reversal shear box apparatus, to determine the influence of grain size distribution on residual shear strength.  Specimen height was chosen as low as possible to obtain a rapid test speed.  The distance between the shear plane and the upper and lower surfaces of the specimens was ten times the size of the largest particles.  It was observed that residual strength increases at lower levels of effective normal stress.  The residual shear strength of the mixtures was practically the same as that of the prevailing base material.  The range of the transitional behaviour is small.  (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ANALYSIS OF A LANDSLIDE IN FLAKY CLAY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Risalaimi landslide took place in 1962 near Marineo, Palermo, Sicily, and was triggered by a cut 11.5m high excavated in the slope six months previously.  The volume of the failed mass was about 100,000 cubic metres.  The failure involved mainly intensly tectonic overconsolidated clays of the upper Eocene age.  The slide is analysed in terms of effective stresses, and the results show fairly good agreement with shear strength parameters derived from direct shear tests in the laboratory.  A brief description is given of the stabilisation work carried out, and of its effectiveness.  (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM- COLUMNS. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper presents a reliability analysis of reinforced concrete beam-columns designed to the existing Australian concrete structures code as 1480-1982 and its proposed draft revision.  Five components of uncertainty of the beam- column resistance were identified and assessed: (i) the accuracy of the ultimate strength theory, (II) the difference between theoretical predictions and the code design models (III) the effects of variations in materials and dimensions, (IV) uncertainty in the assessment of eccentricities and (V) uncertainty in the assessment of effective lengths.  The study shows that there is little difference in safety between the provisions of the existing and the proposed draft concrete code for the normal range of beam-columns and in practice.  The draft code however gives better consistency in safety particularly for long beam- columns (TRRL/Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CONCRETE SURFACES - PERFORMANCE, CONTROL AND SPECIFICATION. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY SSTRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper highlights the work of the Standards Association of Australia BD/43 committee in the revision of the current codes on formwork and concrete surface finishes (AS 1509 and AS 1510) with particular reference to the provisions for concrete surface finish and tolerance.  It discusses the role that such a code must play and highlights the deficiencies in the current codes that prevent them from fulfilling that role.  Colour selection, colour control, physical irregularities and surface tolerance are well detailed on a performance basis and for the first time in an Australian document, the provisions include the means of evaluating these matters in a practical manner.  These new assessment procedures are designed to prevent many on site arguments that arise from differing interpretations of the current codes.  The revised formwork code and the section on surface finishes in particular, will provide essential reading for designers, formworkers and builders alike (a). For the covering record of the conference, see IRRD no 284122.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CODES FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE IN THE UK. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first British code for structural concrete in a limit state format, CP110, was published in 1972.  It was not universally well received and for the past 12 years has run in parallel with the previous permissible stress code, CP114.  In 1978 it was decided to revise CP110, hopefully to make it more generally acceptable.  The revised version has now just been published.  The code has now been organised into two parts: part 1 dealing with the design and construction of normal structures and part 2 with more complex cases.  Technically, the major changes have been in the treatment of durability and in the design of slabs.  A number of changes have been made to simplify the design process.  The paper discusses the changes and the reasons for them and also discusses the attempts in part 2 to develop a method which would give the designer more freedom in the choice of partial safety factors in special circumstances.  (TRRL/Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>THE DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF MICROCONCRETE STRUCTURAL MODELS. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/278910</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The main difficulties to design a model structure which has a direct similar behaviour to reinforced concrete structures have been solved: a new technique allows one to produce model reinforcement with adjustable strength and sufficient bond stresses.  Microconcrete mixtures have been designed with identical scale factors for compression and tension strength.  A measurement technique has been developed and adapted to the small size of the models.  Model test results show that the similarities regarding deflections, crack and failure loads, strain distributions, crack patterns and widths, and the failure modes was excellent.  (TRRL/Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A NOTE ON THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS OF CONCRETES HAVING DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Concrete of a required strength and slump can be achieved in many ways.  This is partly due to the differences in the properties of cement and the use of admixtures.  This paper discusses these constituents in regard to the cement requirement, water demand and strength development of concrete.  Results indicate that some high strength concrete can be effectively made only with the incorporation of admixtures.  Furthermore, with certain cement and chemical admixtures, concrete containing a particular fly ash can develop similar early strengths to other concretes without fly ash.  (TRRL/Author)]]></description>
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      <title>EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The paper describes an experimental method of evaluating several fracture toughness parameters applicable to concrete and a method for calculating a unique fracture toughness value independent of the specimen geometry.  (TRRL/Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COOLING STRUCTURAL CONCRETE BEFORE PLACEMENT. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/278913</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hot weather introduces problems in manufacturing, placing and curing portland cement concrete that can adversely affect the properties and serviceability of the hardened concrete.  The effects of high atmospheric temperature on a number of properties of concrete are investigated including the problems of making and placing of concrete.  The second effect is the development of heat due to hydration of the cement.  A detailed study of the cooling of concrete before placement including the economics of such an operation, concludes that this is a practical and economical solution for most concrete structures constructed in areas where the atmospheric temperature will be above the low twenties degrees celsius.  The economics of this procedure has only become available due to the development of cooling techniques by liquid nitrogen for ready-mix concrete trucks on construction sites.  (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DEVELOPMENT OF A CORROSION CELL FOR THE STUDY OF THE INFLUENCES OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONCRETE PROPERTIES ON CORROSION. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONDRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was decided to try to develop a test which would enable the influence on the rate of corrosion of environmental factors and concrete quality to be studied under laboratory conditions.  To this end a corrosion cell has been developed which consists of a composite bar roughly 500 mm long and 25 mm in diameter.  The bar is mainly of stainless steel but has a short length of mild steel inserted at the mid point, isolated electrically from the stainless steel by insulating washers.  Wires connect the mild and stainless sections together through a logger.  The bar is cast into a concrete prism which can be subjected to whatever environmental conditions are thought appropriate.  Carbonation or chlorides will destroy the passivity of the mild steel but not the stainless, leading to the development of a potential difference between them.  Any corrosion current which develops is recorded by the logger.  A batch of 24 such cells have been made and have been used for a preliminary series of tests which was mainly carried out to validate the system and develop test procedures.  In these tests various cycles of wetting and drying have been used on specimens having different covers and concrete qualities.  The effects of temperature have also been investigated.  The results from these tests are presented.  These suggest that the test may be a very effective one for studying the corrosion process and the factors which affect it.  (TRRL/Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DEFLECTION ANALYSES OF REINFORCED AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS UNDER REPEATED LOADING. CONCRETE 85 CONFERENCE; THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES; BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 23-25 OCTOBER 1985</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Simple and explicit formulae are presented for comkputing the accumulated dead load deflection delta (sub 1) and the instantaneous live load deflection delta (sub 1) of both reinforced and pasrtially prestressed concrete beams undeer rpeated loading.  The total deflection at a givern numvber of load repetitiions can then be obvtained by summing delta (Isub da) and delta (sub 1).  In light of experimental data, comparisons of results are made which indicate that the overall acscuracy of the proposed compuitational procedure is good.  It is also more versatile and statistically more reliasble than two torther recently published methods of analysis.  (TRRL/Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GHAT: A SIMULATION MODEL OF GRAIN HANDLING AND TRANSPORT. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BULK MATERIALS STORAGE, HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION, 1983, NEWCASTLE, 22-24 AUGUST</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/278916</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This paper has presented a discussion of GHAT, a simulation model designed to aid in assessment of capital investment and operating policies in the Victorian grain handling and transport system.  Attention has been concentrated on detailing specific aspects of the simulation procedure.  An understanding of these aspects will aid the model user in the preparation of inputs to represent particular policies and in appreciating the evaluations which the model produces.  (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>THE GHAT SIMULATION MODEL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING OF THE VICTORIAN GRAIN HANDLING AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM - SOME PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BULK MATERIALS STORAGE, HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION, 1983, NEWCASTLE, 22-24 AUGUST</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper looks at practical applications of the grain handling and transport model (GHAT) developed for the Grain Elevators Board of Victoria (GEBV) by the University of Melbourne, Department of Civil Engineering.  The GEBV handles bulk grain in Victoria and southern New South Wales on behalf of statutory marketing authorities and grain traders for domestic or export markets.  Input data parameters are briefly described as are the categories for performance measurement.  Four simulations covering on-farm storage, increased grain segregation, and two unit train strategies are examined with a detailed analysis of the central receival point (CRP)/unit train strategy being presented.  This latter simulation indicated substantial savings in grower and GEBV costs and significantly improved transport performance when measured against two base situations -namely "average base case" for harvests in the order of 3 -3.5 million tonnes and "high base case" for harvests in the order of 5 million tonnes.  The GEBV concludes that, whilst it recognises that there is still considerable work to be done on the input "data base" and simplification of its use (making it more "user friendly") it represents a very important tool for assisting with strategic planning of operational methods and evaluating capital investment options.  Its most important contribution is that, for the first time in Australia, an attempt has been made to interrelate the grower, handling and transport components of the handling system and evaluate the impact on these components of various grain handling and transport strategies.  (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DESIGN OF MULTI-GRADE RECEIVAL FACILITIES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GRAIN INDUSTRY. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BULK MATERIALS STORAGE, HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION, 1983, NEWCASTLE, 22-24 AUGUST</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/278918</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Grain Elevators Board of Victoria relies heavily on efficient performance of major sub-terminals for transport and storage of grain within the state.  With up to five grain types being handled in increasing quantities, a strain has been placed on the road receival capability of both sub-terminals to simultaneously receive multiple grain types. Difficulties in coping with multiple grain type receival have resulted in serious truck queuing.  Receival facilities in most grain growing states of Australia suffer this problem during the peak harvest period.  Ghd-planner West pty Ltd have developed a design which enables five grain types to be received simultaneously without excessive truck queuing.  It was achieved by the design of special low level receival hoppers, one of which loads directly onto a belt conveyor which carries grain to the main storage facilities. The other four hoppers are connected via a bucket elevator to a surge bin having a capacity of 200-250 tonnes.  Grain is extracted from each of the surge bins in rotation so that although only one grain type is conveyed to the main storage at a time, simultaneous receival is possible in each of the road bins.  (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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