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Author:

Reese, Lynsey

Title:

Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Geomaterials Interacting with Rigid Bodies Under Impact Loading

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Anti-Ram Barriers
LS-DYNA
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Soil-Structure Interaction
Numerical Modeling
Expanded Polystyrene Concrete
Full-Scale Testing

File:

Download Reese_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yoo, Tae Kwang

Title:

NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTI-RAM BARRIERS UNDER VEHICULAR IMPACT

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Anti-Ram Barriers
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Soil-Structure Interaction
LS-DYNA
Crushable Concrete
Response Surface Methodology
Dimensionless Analyses
Pendulum Test

File:

Download Dissertation_Tae_Kwang_Yoo.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Allen Russell, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Outside Member

Author:

Kermani, Elnaz

Title:

SIMULATIONS OF GRANULAR COLUMN COLLAPSE USING SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS AND DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Discrete Element Method
Dynamic Collapse
Energy Dissipation
Granular Flow
Quasi-Static Collapse
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

File:

Download Elnaz_Kermani.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Outside Member