Full-scale laboratory tests using a shape-acceleration array system

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 181, 2008, Pages

  Abdoun, T ^a   Bennett, V ^a   Dobry, R ^a   Thevanayagam, S ^b   Danisch, L ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The State University of New York   (United States)

^c Measurand Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAY SYSTEMS; COMPOSITE JOINT; DEFORMATION MEASUREMENTS; FLEXIBLE JOINTS; FULL SCALE TESTS; GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; LABORATORY TEST; LATERAL SPREADING; MEMS ACCELEROMETER; MEMS-BASED SENSORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; VALIDATION TESTING;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; MEASUREMENTS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SENSOR ARRAYS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84868948121     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40975(318)214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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