Subject Index

Angle of friction, reproduction of 2, 155,

156
Bending tests on beams in concrete and
pumice mortar 85, 86
Briquettes for geomechanical models 153
Brittle lacquers 55
Buckingam's Pi theorem 2
Clinometer 54
Combined resultant loads, test with 46, 123
Compensation criterion for stress measurements 48
Concentrated forces, application of 48
Creep, deformation of 8, 12
Dams, static models of 118
LNEC techniques 119
ISMES techniques 123
Data logging equipment for electrical transducers 53
Deformation meters for measurements of
sliding surfaces' internal movements 159
Degree of efficiency 5
Derived quantities 1,4
Dial gauges 54
Dimensional systems 1
Dynamometers, springs and rubber rings 34
Elastic models 58
of bridges 65, 68, 73, 75, 77
of skyscrapers 59, 66, 76
of cathedrals 63, 77
of roofs 70, 80
Epoxy resins 15
Errors, accidental and systematic 48

Extensometers 48
mechanical 50, 126
electro-acustic 50
electro-optical 51
electrical resistance strain-gauges 51
demountable 53
inductive 50,53
Factor of safety 143
Failure of arch-gravity dam models, considerations on 144
Form factor X 3
Fundamental quantities
Geomechanical models 152
of dams 152
examples of dam models 161, 162, 163,
164,165, 166, 168
two-dimensional models 169
examples of two-dimensional models 171,
174, 177
Gravitational forces, application of 34
Homogeneity, principle of 2
Hydrostatic load distribution in arch dams
130
membrane resistance 133
bending resistance 133
twisting resistance 133
Hydrostatic pressure 41
by means of liquids of different densities
41
by means of bags of liquid with differential hydraulic head 42
by means of hydraulic jacks 43

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Subject Index

Hydrostatic uplift, reproduction on the

model 157
Independent quantities 4
Instruments - see Measurements
Joints reproduction on geomechanical model
153
Load application to the models, general considerations 33
Materials for geomechanical models 29, 31
Materials with glycerine 29
Measurements, techniques of 48
Microconcretes 19, 84
Model materials, physico-mechanical properties 14
Modulus of deformability for repeated
cycles 12
Modulus of total deformability 12
Mohr's strength curves of model and prototype material 7, 8
Photogrammetric survey method 160
Plaster - Diatomite Mixtures 20, 119
Plastics for structural models 16
Poisson ratio 2
Preliminary wooden model 124
Prestressed concrete structures - see Reinforced and prestressed concrete structures
Pumice stone and cement, mortars of 23, 124
Reciprocity, principle of 59
Reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, models of 84

examples of models with efficiency ratios

(= 1 87, 89, 90, 93, 94, 96, 100
examples of models with efficiency ratios
1 108, 110
Resins filled with inert materials 18
Resins for structural models 15, 16
for construction by casting 15
for use in sheets 15
Rheological models 10
Burgers model 10
Kelvin model 10

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Self weight 34
technique in use at ISMES 34, 70, 124,
137
by centrifuging 36
by inversion 37
distribution for successive stages of construction 37
distribution of, in dam models 128
Shear tests on briquettes for geomechanical
models 156
Shrinkage of pumice stone and cement for
mortars 27
Similitude 1
general concepts of 3
in problems of statics 4
Sliding experiments 178
Strain rosettes 52
Stress-strain curve of total stabilization
states 11
Superposition, principle of 59
Surface forces 38, 63
Visco-plastic deformation 12
Wind loading effect 63, 80

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