Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Equipment for Measuring Ground Vibrations

这一行动是为了支持用于下列研究项目的设备：(1)分析和开发用于测量土壤动态特性的实验室仪器；(2)实验室和现场振动测量传感器的校准；(3)模型和原型在地震等动态激励下土/结构相互作用行为的确定；(4)现场面波测量的频谱分析；(5)室内和野外的波传播速度测量。该设备包括具有切换、大容量存储和图形输出功能的实时频谱分析仪；以及传感器和电缆，用于在实验室、土壤路面或钻孔中进行准确的振动测量。它具有对土壤和结构振动进行非常精确的测量并对其进行数学运算的能力。该设备是便携式的，既可以在野外使用，也可以在实验室中使用。

This action is for the support of equipment to be used on the following research projects: (1) The analysis and development of laboratory apparatus for measuring the dynamic properties of soil; (2) Calibration of laboratory and field vibration measuring transducers; (3) Determination of soil/structure interaction behavior for both models and prototype, due to dynamic excitation such as earthquakes; (4) Spectral analysis of surface wave measurements in-situ; (5) Measurement of wave propagation velocities in the laboratory and in the field. The equipment includes a real time spectrum analyzer with switching, mass storage, and graphics output capabilities; as well as transducers and cables for making accurate vibration measurements in the laboratory, on soil pavement surfaces, or in boreholes. It has the capability of making very accurate measurements of soil and structural vibrations and performing mathematical operations on them. The equipment is portable and can be used in the field as well as in the laboratory.