CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TESTS IN SOIL MECHANICS

CENTRIFUGE TIL GEOTEKNISKE MODELRORSOEG

Recently a large centrifuge has been installed at the engineering academy of Denmark in Copenhagen. The facility will be used to perform model tests of structures in soil. The axis of rotation is vertical, and both the model container and the counterweight are hinged to the rotor. The effective radius of the machine is 2.3 M and the model mass is 1250 kg at a maximum of 80 times gravity. Characteristics of the equipment are described in detail. The concept of centrifugal testing is the increase of all body-forces in the small-scale model by means of the centrifugal acceleration, so that the stresses in the model and the full-scale prototype will be the same. Future application is briefly indicated by two projects under development concerning buried pipes and footings on sand. /TRRL/

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  Svenska Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren Riksforband

  Regeringsgaten 98
  S-11139 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Fuglsang, L
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Danish

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 37-38
• Serial:
  • Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 8/9
  • Publisher: Svenska Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren Riksforband
  • ISSN: 0042-2177

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Centrifuges; Equipment; Laboratories; Properties of materials; Prototypes; Soil mechanics; Soils; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Centrifugation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145448
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM