Equipment Grant for Renovation and Upgrading of the Earthquake Simulator Capability

地震模拟器能力改造升级设备补助

• 批准号: 8611277
• 负责人: Vitelmo Bertero
• 金额: $ 46.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1986
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1986-12-01 至 1990-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8611277&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Equipment; Grant; Renovation; Upgrading; Earthquake

This award provides funds for an equipment grant to renovate and improve the capabilities of the earthquake simulator (shaking table) facilities at the Richmond Station University of California, Berkeley. The simulator was constructed in 1972, it is one of the largest such facilities in the United States and has been in use virtually continuously since its construction for research performed by faculty members at Berkeley and other Universities throughout the U.S. and by engineers from consulting companies, industrial corporations and government agencies. It continues to be used on a full-time basis, but it suffers repeated break-downs and is clearly in serious need of renovation. In recognition of this need the State of California has recently allocated $230,000 for renovation of this and related facilities, and this proposal requests complementary funding from the National Science Foundation to restore the shaking table facility to a current state-of-the-art capability. Specifically funds are requested to provide a new and improved control system for the shaking table, new data acquisition facilities, a micro-wave link between the data acquisition facilities at the simulator facility and the computer network on the Berkeley campus and a feasibility study to explore the possibility of adding an additional component of motion to the table so that tests can he performed under three-dimensional earthquake shaking conditions. The earthquake simulator at Berkeley is a major research resource in the U.S. and is depended on to conduct shaking tests of structural assemblages and complete systems required to advance the knowledge of earthquake behavior of structures. It is extremely important to maintain this facility at a state-of-the-art level of operation. An award is strongly recommended.

该奖项为设备拨款提供资金，用于翻新和提高加州大学伯克利分校里士满站地震模拟器（振动台）设施的能力。该模拟器建于1972年，是美国最大的此类设施之一，自建成以来，伯克利大学和美国其他大学的教职员工以及咨询公司、工业公司和政府机构的工程师一直在使用它进行研究。它继续在全职的基础上使用，但它遭受了反复的故障，显然是迫切需要翻新。认识到这一需求，加利福尼亚州最近拨出23万美元用于改造这一设施和相关设施，本提案要求国家科学基金会提供补充资金，将振动台设施恢复到目前最先进的水平。具体来说，需要资金为振动台提供一个新的和改进的控制系统，新的数据采集设施，在模拟器设施的数据采集设施和伯克利校园的计算机网络之间建立微波连接，并进行可行性研究，探索在台板上增加额外运动分量的可能性，以便在三维地震震动条件下进行测试。​伯克利的地震模拟器是美国主要的研究资源，用于进行结构组合和完整系统的振动测试，以提高对结构地震行为的认识。将该设施保持在最先进的运行水平是极其重要的。强烈推荐获奖。