Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Equipment for Measuring Ground Vibrations

这一行动是为了支持将用于以下研究项目的设备：(1)分析和开发用于测量土壤动态特性的实验室仪器；(2)校准实验室和现场振动测量传感器；(3)确定模型和原型在地震等动力激励下的土/结构相互作用行为；(4)现场表面波测量频谱分析；(5)在实验室和现场测量波的传播速度。该设备包括具有开关、大容量存储和图形输出功能的实时频谱分析仪；以及用于在实验室，土壤路面表面或钻孔中进行精确振动测量的传感器和电缆。它有能力对土壤和结构振动进行非常精确的测量，并对它们进行数学运算。该设备便于携带，既可用于野外，也可用于实验室。

This action is for the support of equipment to be used on the following research projects: (1) The analysis and development of laboratory apparatus for measuring the dynamic properties of soil; (2) Calibration of laboratory and field vibration measuring transducers; (3) Determination of soil/structure interaction behavior for both models and prototype, due to dynamic excitation such as earthquakes; (4) Spectral analysis of surface wave measurements in-situ; (5) Measurement of wave propagation velocities in the laboratory and in the field. The equipment includes a real time spectrum analyzer with switching, mass storage, and graphics output capabilities; as well as transducers and cables for making accurate vibration measurements in the laboratory, on soil pavement surfaces, or in boreholes. It has the capability of making very accurate measurements of soil and structural vibrations and performing mathematical operations on them. The equipment is portable and can be used in the field as well as in the laboratory.