NEES: Instrumentation Acquisition for the Tsunami Wave Basin

这项奖励为俄勒冈州立大学提供资金，为小乔治·E·布朗购买基本的核心仪器。位于俄勒冈州立大学的地震工程模拟网络(NEES)海啸波盆地，将由NEES Consortium，Inc.运营，作为2005财年至2014财年的国家共享设施。该奖项为应对海啸研究中的主要挑战所需的核心仪器提供资金，该报告概述了2003年国家研究委员会报告《预防地震灾害：地震工程研究中的重大挑战--地震工程网络的研究议程》。该仪器是根据海啸研究界的意见选定的，包括：自由表面探头阵列、声学-多普勒测速仪阵列、压力传感器阵列、测力系统(一个线性执行器、一个六自由度称重传感器和一个加速度计)、移动床多传感器阵列、照明设备和其他数据采集设备。这一仪器将使研究人员能够开发海啸产生、传播和海岸效应的三维数值模拟模型，这些模型经过实验验证，并在需要时与选定的实时海啸数据相结合，例如，研究人员将能够对海啸接近海岸线时的破碎海浪、与边界剪应力和波浪破碎有关的能量耗散、海岸冲高和崩塌、波-结构相互作用和泥沙输送进行建模。该仪器还将通过使用海啸波盆地的远程呈现系统的示范实验室活动，用于K-12外联活动。该奖项由NSF NEES重大研究设备和设施建设(MREFC)项目资助，是国家减少地震灾害计划(NEHRP)的一部分。

This award provides funding for Oregon State University to purchase basic core instrumentation for the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) tsunami wave basin at Oregon State University that will be operated by NEES Consortium, Inc., as a national shared use facility during FY 2005 - FY 2014. This award provides funding for the necessary core instrumentation to address the major challenges in tsunami research outlined the 2003 National Research Council report entitled "Preventing Earthquake Disasters: The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering Research - A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering." The instrumentation was selected with input from the tsunami research community and includes: a free surface probe array, an acoustic-doppler velocimeter array, a pressure transducer array, force measurement systems (one linear actuator, one 6DOF load cell, and one accelerometer), a mobile bed multiple-transducer array, lighting equipment, and additional data acquisition equipment. This instrumentation will enable researchers to develop three-dimensional, numerical simulation models of tsunami generation, propagation and coastal effects that are experimentally verified and, as needed, combined with selected real time tsunami data, e.g., researchers will be able to model the breaking waves as the tsunami approaches the shoreline, energy dissipation associated with boundary shear stresses and with wave breaking, run-up and run-down on the shore, wave-structure interaction, and sediment transport. The instrumentation will also be used for K-12 outreach through demonstrated laboratory activities using the tsunami wave basin's telepresence system. This award is funded by the NSF NEES Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) project and is a component of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).