Symposium on Centrifuge Modelling for Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering Applications, Troy, NY, 14 July 1992

声音工程的发展 土壤和土壤结构系统的解决方案是 在设计和建造中的重要性 支持人类的物质基础设施 生活和国家经济：建筑， 桥梁、土坝、生命线和隧道， 交通和市政电力，天然气， 供水和下水道系统。 额外 日益增长的环境挑战 问题，包括设计和施工 垃圾填埋场的评估和补救 污染物通过地下水的迁移。 的 设计中的许多不确定性， 通过以下方式补偿设施 保守的设计，增加了成本 和材料的使用。 另一种方法 是由物理测试提供的 土工模型，特别是 土工离心模型试验 本次研讨会的重点是应用 土工离心试验技术， 岩土工程、地震和环境 问题，它解决了广泛的观众， 研究人员和实践者。 这次研讨会是为期两天的第二天 事件，开始于官方 伦斯勒理工学院（Rensselaer Polytechnic） 研究所100 G吨离心机， 自1989年以来一直在运作。

The development of sound engineering solutions for soil and soil-structure systems is important in the design and construction of the material infrastructure that supports human lives and the nation's economy: buildings, bridges, earth dams, lifelines and tunnels for communications and municipal electricity, gas, water and sewer systems. Additional challenges are posed by growing environmental problems, including the design and construction of landfills and the evaluation and remediation of contaminant transport by groundwater. The many uncertainties in the design of such facilities are compensated for through conservative designs, involving increased cost and use of materials. An alternative approach is provided by the testing of physical geotechnical models, specifically by geotechnical centrifuge model tests. This symposium focusses on the application of the geotechnical centrifuge testing technique to geotechnical, earthquake and environmental problems, and it addresses a wide audience of researchers and practitioners. The symposium is the second day of a two-day event, which begins with the official inauguration of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 100 G-ton centrifuge, which has been in operation since 1989.