EXPERIMENTS WITH EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION SIMULATION

This paper presents an assessment of the state-of-the-art in the use of centrifuge model testing for the study of problems in geotechnical earthquake engineering. It begins with a brief survey of developments in the area of equipment and instrumentation. Greater attention is given to lessons, concerning successes and difficulties in the art of testing, learned from actual test programmes. The proper role for this type of testing is discussed, and test programmes of particular value are suggested. The number of the covering abstract of the symposium is IRRD 286058. (TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • From the proceedings of a symposium, The Application of Centrifuge Modelling to Geotechnical Design, held at Manchester, 16-18 April 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Whitman, R V
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 281-299
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Centrifuges; Earthquakes; Geotechnical engineering; Instrumentation; Mathematical models; Seismicity; State of the art studies; Structural analysis; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 5404: Centrifugal force; 8525: Conference; 3674: Equipment; 6205: Model (not math); 5731: Seismic; 9103: Simulation; 8588: State of the art report; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459960
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1986 12:00AM