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About: Embedment is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2441 publications have been published within this topic receiving 31444 citations.


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01 Jan 1998
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the strategic decision-making process followed by the top executive teams of two organisations, within a consultation framework employing the Process Consultation approach, and find that the likelihood of implementation of decisions seemed greater following the current consultation process than in the two organisations' previous experience with 'expert' and 'doctor' consultants.
Abstract: The main goal of this research is focused on increasing the probability that strategic decisions will be implemented. The dissertation describes the strategic decision-making process followed by the top executive teams of two organisations, within a consultation framework employing the Process Consultation approach. A particular form of SWOT analysis (SWOT Positioning) was performed as a platform for interventions. It also comprised a basis for the employment of other analytical and creative tools. In constructing this research, it was hoped that the combination of Process Consultation with SWOT Positioning in this manner would prove helpful in achieving the research goal. This research found that the likelihood of implementation of decisions seemed greater following the current consultation process than in the two organisations’ previous experience with ‘expert’ and ‘doctor’ consultants. Indeed, by-product decision implementation had already begun. The preparation for general implementation of strategic decisions and the declaration of commitment on the part of team members exceeded that of the same organisations in the past. The research cannot definitively show actual implementation, as that stage was not within its scope. However, both teams indicated a sense of ownership of and responsibility for the decisions, which had been formed gradually during the process. Creativity was nurtured in the construction of strategic action alternatives, which were then organised in a Level of Innovation Matrix. The Matrix is a tool which improves the participants’ understanding of the degree of complexity and difficulty involved in the implementation of new strategies. Indeed, the quandaries which prompted this research have been somewhat diminished. This is not to claim a single conclusive solution has been discovered to all the questions asked. Rather, the statement made here is that the particular process proposed might be helpful in answering these questions in appropriate situations.

21 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a numerical study using the finite-difference code Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC) was performed to evaluate the bearing capacity of embedded strip footing on a frictional soil.
Abstract: In the last decades a few attention was given to the evaluation of the bearing capacity of embedded footing under inclined loads on a frictional soil. This paper focuses on a numerical study using the finite-difference code Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC), to evaluate the bearing capacity of embedded strip footing on a frictional soil. The soil is modeled by an elasto-plastic model with a Mohr–Coulomb yield criterion and associative flow rule; the effect of non-associativity of the soil on the bearing capacity is also investigated. The effect of the embedment is estimated though a depth factor, defined as a ratio of the bearing capacity of a strip footing at a depth D to that of a strip footing at the ground surface. The inclination effect is estimated by inclination factors, defined as the ratio of the limit vertical load for a footing under inclined loading to that of the vertically loaded footing. Both swipe and probe analyses were carried out to identify the vertical force–horizontal force (V–H) failure envelope. The results have been compared with those available in the literature.

21 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a closed analytical solution for the quasi-static response of flexibly supported pressurized pipes against lateral impacts is described, based on the principles of virtual velocities.

21 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a microcosmic analysis on the cores to be carried out after proppant embedment, so that the degree and state of embedment could be reflected much more intuitively.
Abstract: For the strata with relatively soft rocks, proppant embedment in the process of fracturing will reduce the fracture width after frac-packing, and at the same time, the debris of embedded formation can damage the conductivity of proppant-filling beds. Therefore, it is necessary to study on the embedment of proppant, so as to provide a basis for the selection of proppant in the process of fracturing operation. For this reason, an experimental research on proppant embedment in cores was carried out by use of API standard instrument and self-developed instrument based on API standard instrument. Moreover,on the basis of proppant embedment, this study also took into account the damage of the debris to the fractures' conductivity. It was the first time in China for microcosmic analysis on the cores to be carried out after proppant embedment, so that the degree and state of embedment could be reflected much more intuitively. In experiments, studies were performed on the embedment of proppant in different cores under different sanding concentrations and stresses. Experiments indicated that, due to the embedment of proppant, the width of propped fracture could be significantly reduced; the smaller the sanding concentration and the softer the core was, the greater level of embedment would be. Moreover, by simulating the damage level of flow conductivity towards the same kind of core in different debris concentrations after the proppant embedment, it was discovered that after the embedment the pore channel would be blocked as the debris concentration reaches a certain degree.

21 citations

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TL;DR: For computing the uplift capacity of strip anchors buried adjacent to sloping ground surface in the presence of pseudo-static earthquake body forces, theoretical solutions have been developed by using the upper bound theorem of limit analysis based on a simple rigid wedge collapse mechanism as mentioned in this paper.

21 citations


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2023202
2022355
2021160
2020120
2019125
2018139