Research Article
Prefailure Deformation of Nailed Deep Excavations under Surcharge by Centrifuge Model Test
Table 1
Centrifuge scaling factors by Kutter [
19].
| | Quantity | Full scale | Model |
| | Length | 1 | 1/n | | Acceleration | 1 | n | | Area | 1 | 1/n2 | | Volume | 1 | 1/n3 | | Mass | 1 | 1/n3 | | Force | 1 | 1/n2 | | Stress | 1 | 1 | | Strain | 1 | 1 | | Displacement | 1 | 1/n | | Axial stiffness (EA) | 1 | 1/n2 | | Axial stiffness (EA/L) | 1 | 1/n | | Bending stiffness (EI) | 1 | 1/n4 | | Bending stiffness (EI/L) | 1 | 1/n3 | | Density | 1 | 1 |
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