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

该奖项为内华达州-里诺大学（UNR）提供资金，以升级乔治E的实验能力。小布朗地震工程模拟网络（NEES）位于UNR的双轴多次振动台研究设施，将由NEES联合体公司运营，2005 - 2014财政年度作为国家共享使用设施。 所要求的设备为UNR NEES现场提供实时控制和模拟（RTCS）网络能力，并根据对使用该设备现场感兴趣的地震工程研究人员的输入进行选择，包括：实时控制和仿真（RTCS）设备，通过允许访问，以及组合系统在实验室LAN（局域网）内的实时操作，并可能通过高性能Internet网络（例如升级的I2和后续产品）进行操作。这些增加的功能将允许NEES研究人员进行实时快速混合测试（FHT），该测试将联合收割机物理测试与基于模型的模拟相结合。这种增加的能力将允许实验研究大型结构系统的性能，这些系统超过了使用子结构技术和数值模拟的现有表格的能力。UNR需要设施。 该奖项由NSF NEES主要研究设备和设施建设（MREFC）项目资助，是国家地震灾害减少计划（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).