Location
New York, New York
Date
16 Apr 2004, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Abstract
Machinery can affect engineering structures, as well as foundations supporting them and resting directly on the soil. Machines cause distinct dynamic forces depending on its manufacturing purposes, operating conditions, maintenance, design details a.s.o. The study presents the behavior of four machine – foundation systems in a dynamic operating regime. Two of the foundation systems support electric generators groups (CATERPILLAR type), operating at a speed of 1500 rpm, the other two sustaining similar PERKINS models, operating at the same speed. Steady state horizontal and vertical vibration tests were performed on the four foundations. The natural frequencies and amplitudes of vibrations were measured and a comparison between the experimental and required values for the frequencies and vibration amplitudes was carried out.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2004 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Vlad, Ion and Vlad, Mirela-Nausica, "Experimental Investigations on Four Electric-Generators Foundation Systems" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 13.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session04/13
Experimental Investigations on Four Electric-Generators Foundation Systems
New York, New York
Machinery can affect engineering structures, as well as foundations supporting them and resting directly on the soil. Machines cause distinct dynamic forces depending on its manufacturing purposes, operating conditions, maintenance, design details a.s.o. The study presents the behavior of four machine – foundation systems in a dynamic operating regime. Two of the foundation systems support electric generators groups (CATERPILLAR type), operating at a speed of 1500 rpm, the other two sustaining similar PERKINS models, operating at the same speed. Steady state horizontal and vertical vibration tests were performed on the four foundations. The natural frequencies and amplitudes of vibrations were measured and a comparison between the experimental and required values for the frequencies and vibration amplitudes was carried out.
