Industry Collaboration in Research Area
One of the policies of this consulting engineers is to create a communication bridge between research areas and industry. Given the limitations of conducting research at universities, this consulting engineering company has moved to build an FCV device with optimum dimensions. The FCV device is used to physically model piles and has the shape of a truncated cone, which by applying pressure from the bottom, creates a stress distribution similar to reality along the axis of the device. Existing FCV devices in the world do not have the ability to saturate the sample.
The FCV apparatus built by this consulting engineers, in addition to optimal dimensions and stress distribution more consistent with reality, has the ability to saturate the sample and using it one can model various types of piles.
The published articles by Dr. Ali Jasim, the designer and constructor of the FCV apparatus, are as follows:
- Jassim, A., Ganjian, N., & Eslami, A. (2023). Investigation of Load-Displacement Behavior of Helical Pile in Wet and Saturated Sand with FCV Apparatus. Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 10(5), 25-42.
- Jassim, A., Ganjian, N., & Eslami, A. (2022). Axial bearing capacity of helical piles in moist and saturated conditions using frustum confining vessel (FCV). Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering, (Articles in Press).
- Jassim, A., Ganjian, N., & Eslami, A. (2022). Design and fabrication of frustum confining vessel apparatus for model pile testing in saturated soils. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 7(5), 280.
The image of this device is shown in the figure below: