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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP220103611
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Lightly Loaded Energy Farm Foundations in Cracked Desiccated Soil. This project aims are to understand the effects of seasonal changes in moisture on piles in clayey soils that develop desiccation cracks during dry times of the year. The project is significant because the economics of energy farms requires low cost foundations for their viability, but current methods of foundation design require long piles to overcome uncertainties in capacity and serviceability when soil shrinks in dry periods and swells in wetter periods. The main outcome of the project will be recommendations for the design of lightly loaded pile foundations in soils that shrink and swell significantly. The benefits will be the reduced risk and cost associated with the geotechnical aspects of foundation design.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2022
End Date: 10-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $250,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Solar-Photovoltaic Energy | Metals (e.g. Composites, Coatings, Bonding) | Civil Construction Design
