Clay material produce shrinkage cracks during desiccation. Evaporation of water from material surface gives rise to restrained shrinkage, which in turn generates tensile stresses leading to shrinkage cracks as stresses exceed the material strength. This is a very complex phenomenon due to the interactions that take place during the process among material, ambience, and boundary conditions.
Prepare a project report on Study of formation of crack patterns in bentonite clay with different AC voltages.
Your response should be at least 3000 words (+-10%) in length. You are required to use various textbooks as source material for your response.
All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Include the appropriate images in the report to justify the report.
Follow the below given format to complete this report
1. Introduction
2. Preview
3. Your work
4. Crack pattern without field and without electrode
- i) Experimental method and setup
- ii) Results
5. Crack pattern with field and with electrode
- i) Experimental method and setup
- ii) Results
6. Crack pattern without field but with electrode
7. Discussions
8. Conclusion
9. References