Design and performance of an equivalent-shear-beam container for earthquake centrifuge modelling

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-102

  Zeng, X ^a,b   Schofield, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge modelling; Earthquakes; Laboratory equipment; Model tests; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGE MODELLING; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE CENTRIFUGE MODELLING; MODEL CONTAINER; MODEL TEST;

DYNAMIC STIFFNESS; EARTHQUAKE CENTRIFUGE MODELLING; EQUIVALENT SHEAR BEAM CONTAINER; SHAKING TABLE TESTS;

CENTRIFUGES; CONTAINERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029667308     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.1.83     Document Type: Article

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