An International Symposium on Geotechnical Centrifuge Modeling and Soil Dynamics

9810678 Kutter离心模型试验是地震工程师帮助了解土壤和基础的工程变形和破坏及其与结构相互作用的重要工具。 这些故障和变形问题的物理模型可以构建和测试，而他们在离心机上旋转。 离心加速度场增加了模型的“自重”，使模型中的应力与典型原型中的应力相似。 由于土的非线性材料特性，模型与原型应力的相似性大大提高了模型试验的精度。 离心机是系统研究地震对土和土-结构相互作用的影响的一个非常有价值的工具。 香港新的土工离心机将为工程师提供一个独特的机会，以获得数据，研究双向（2-D）振动对土壤和土壤-结构系统的影响。 该项目将组织一次国际研讨会，使亚洲和美国以及世界其他地区的研究人员能够交流土壤动力学研究的一般经验，特别是离心模型试验。 研讨会将开启未来合作的可能性，包括共享数据和设施以及规划互补的研究计划。 研讨会亦会讨论香港离心机与美国和国际岩土地震工程设施联网的可能性和计划，作为MRE/ 15 HPS概念的延伸。 ***

9810678 Kutter centrifuge model testing is an important tool for earthquake engineers to help understand the engineering deformation and failure of soils and foundations and their interaction with structures. Physical models of these failure and deformation problems can be constructed and tested while they spin on a centrifuge. The centrifuge acceleration field increased the "self weight" of models so that stresses in the model are similar to those in typical prototypes. Because soils have nonlinear material properties, the similarity of stresses in model and prototype greatly enhances the accuracy of the model tests. The centrifuge is an extremely valuable tool for systematic studies of the effects of earthquakes on soils and soil-structure interaction. The new geotechnical centrifuge in Hong Kong will provide a unique opportunity for engineers to obtain data to study the effects of two directional (2-D) shaking on soils and soil- structure systems. This project will organize an international symposium to allow researchers in Asia and the U.S. and other parts of the world to exchange experiences in soil dynamics research in general and centrifuge model testing in particular. The workshop will open the possibility of future collaboration including the sharing of data and facilities and the planning of complementary research programs. The possibilities and plans for networking of the Hong Kong centrifuge with U.S. and international geotechnical earthquake engineering facilities, as an extension of the MRE/ 15 HPS concept, will also be discussed in the symposium. ***