Engineering Research Equipment: Computer-Controlled Soil Testing System

该行动是为了购买土壤闭环测试系统。 总的目的是提高土壤的研究能力 伊利诺伊学院土木工程系的一个实验室 技术的。 建议的系统被广泛接受为标准 动态材料测试 该设备将用于继续 土壤液化的研究现状。 两个感兴趣的领域是土壤液化研究。 中的第一 本文研究了饱和砂土的动力液化反应， 部分水泥土。 该测试系统将用于开发一个 本构模型，可以描述这些土的特性。 第二个研究课题是在应变控制测试的 液化潜力评价。 主要调查人员有能力和体制 设施，以发展拟议的动态土壤测试系统。 它会 提供和先进的能力，以提高认识和 地震引起的土壤液化预测。

This action is for the purchase of a soils closed-loop testing system. The overall purpose is to improve the research capabilities of the soils laboratory in the Civil Engineering Department of the Illinois Institute of Technology. The proposed system is widely accepted as the standard in dynamic material testing. The device will be used to continue current research in the area of soil liquefaction. Two areas of interest are in soil liquefaction research. The first of these is the study of the dynamic liquefaction response of saturated partially cemented soils. The testing system will be used to develop a constitutive model that can describe the characteristics of these soils. The second research topic is in strain controlled testing for the evaluation of liquefaction potential. The principal investigators have the capability and institutional facilities to develop the proposed dynamic soil testing system. lt will provide and advanced capability for improving the understanding and prediction of earthquake-induced soil liquefaction.