A geotechnical centrifuge to underpin Australia's energy and construction

支持澳大利亚能源和建筑业的岩土离心机

• 批准号: LE220100073
• 负责人: Prof Mark Cassidy
• 金额: $ 62.15万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE220100073
• 关键词: geotechnical; centrifuge; underpin; Australia; energy

This proposal aims to establish a geotechnical centrifuge capable of spinning soils and scale-models at up to 130 times Earth’s gravitational acceleration to recreate in-situ stress conditions. The 4 m diameter centrifuge will allow modelling of large geotechnical infrastructure in challenging environments, such as offshore wind foundations and tunnels, where full scale tests are prohibitive. The facility will afford Australia’s leading geotechnical engineering groups with essential physical modelling capability. This will facilitate safe, innovative and economic engineering solutions to unlock new energy resources and construct the $250 billion of planned infrastructure to support Australia's fast-growing cities in the coming decade.

该提案旨在建立一种土工离心机，能够以高达130倍地球重力加速度旋转土壤和比例模型，以重现原地应力条件。4米直径的离心机将允许在具有挑战性的环境中对大型岩土基础设施进行建模，例如海上风基础和隧道，其中全尺寸测试是禁止的。该设施将为澳大利亚领先的岩土工程集团提供必要的物理建模能力。这将促进安全、创新和经济的工程解决方案，以释放新能源，并建设价值2500亿澳元的计划基础设施，以支持澳大利亚未来十年快速发展的城市。