Real-Time Control and Simulation Network and Five Degree-of-Freedom Table Upgrade

该奖项为内华达大学雷诺分校(UNR)提供资金，以升级小乔治·E·布朗的实验能力。地震工程模拟网络(NEES)位于UNR的双轴多振动台研究设施，将由NEES Consortium，Inc.运营，作为2005财年至2014财年的国家共享设施。所要求的设备为UNR NEES现场提供实时控制和仿真(RTCS)网络能力，并根据有兴趣使用该设备现场的地震工程研究人员的投入进行选择，包括：实时控制和仿真(RTCS)设备，通过允许在实验室局域网(局域网)内以及可能通过高性能因特网网络(例如升级的I2及后续设备)实时接入和操作组合系统来增强现有NEES设备。这些新增功能将允许NEES研究人员进行实时快速混合测试(FHT)，这将结合物理测试和基于模型的模拟。这一增加的能力将使实验能够利用子结构技术和数值模拟来研究超过现有表格能力的大型结构系统的性能。地震工程研究界将通过NEES联合会，UNR NEES设施获得这种设备。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 to the University of Nevada - Reno (UNR), to upgrade the experimental capabilities of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Bi-axial Multiple Shake Table Research facility at UNR that will be operated by NEES Consortium, Inc., as a national shared use facility during FY 2005 - FY 2014. The requested equipment provides real-time control and simulation (RTCS) network capability for the UNR NEES site, and was selected based on input from earthquake engineering researchers interested in using this equipment site, and includes: real-time control and simulation (RTCS) equipment that will enhance the existing NEES equipment by allowing access, and operation of the combined system in real-time within the laboratory LAN (local area network), and potentially over a high performance Internet network (e.g. upgraded I2 and successors). These added features will allow NEES researchers to conduct Real-Time Fast-Hybrid Tests (FHT), which will combine physical testing with model-based simulation. This added capability will allow experiments to study performance of large structural systems that exceed the capacity of the existing tables using sub-structuring techniques and numerical simulation,This equipment will be available to the earthquake engineering research community through the NEES Consortium, Inc., UNR NEES facility. 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).