Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0773861

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0773861

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Modelling of shrinkage crack development in porous media. Australia has interesting land formations comprising various reactive soils and rock. The formation of cracking patterns due to material shrinkage during either drying or cooling has a significant influence on their origin and subsequent behaviour. The shrinkage cracks significantly affect the performance of buildings, roads and buried pipelines. The possibility of their formation is important in many engineering designs, ranging from few millimetres thick material film to hundreds of metres long clay barriers used in hazardous waste landfills. Despite their wide-spread significance, quantitative methods to predict the crack formation and interpretation are not yet available, and this project will provide a solution to this problem.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2007

End Date: 01-04-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $140,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geomechanics | Geotechnical Engineering | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Civil | Land and water management | Ceramics, glass and industrial mineral products not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Ceramics, glass and industrial mineral products not elsewhere classified | Civil | Geomechanics | Geotechnical Engineering | Land and water management | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

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