Experimental setup for testing columns. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Experimental setup for testing columns.

Caption

(a) Schematic of setup used to test the strength of columns. (b) Stress in the column versus the proportion by which it is deformed. Alpha is the proportion of sticky grains. (c) Young’s modulus (stiffness) of columns with different proportions of sticky grains.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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