Design and Performance of a Single Axis Shake Table and a Laminar Soil Container

Correct evaluation of shear modulus and damping characteristics in soils under dynamic loading is one of the most important topics in geotechnical engineering. Shaking tables are used for physical modelling in earthquake geotechnical engineering and is key to the fundamental understanding and practical application of soil behaviour. The shaking table test is realistic and clear when the response of geotechnical problems such as liquefaction, post-earthquake settlement, foundation response and soil-structure interaction and lateral earth pressure problems, during an earthquake is discussed. This paper describes various components of the uniaxial shaking table at university of Guilan, Iran. Also, the construction of the laminar shear box is described. A laminar shear box is a flexible container that can be placed on a shaking table to simulate vertical shear-wave propagation during earthquakes through a soil layer of finite thickness. Typical model tests on sandy soil conducted on the shaking table and the results obtained are also presented. Appropriate evaluation of shear modulus and damping characteristics of soils subjected to dynamic loading is key to accurate seismic response analysis and soil modelling programs. The estimated modulus reduction and damping ratio were compared to with Seed and Idriss’s benchmark curves

Application of polyaniline for removal of Acid Green 25 from aqueous solutions

804-809This study presents application of polyaniline coated onto wood sawdust (PAni/SD) for removal of Acid Green 25 (AG 25),a commonly used anionic typical dye in textile industries from aqueous solutions. Adsorption was carried out using batch andfixed bed column systems to study the effects of adsorbent dose, initial dye concentration, pH of test solution, temperature, andcontact time. PAni/SD has been found a very efficient adsorbent for adsorption of AG 25