Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
29 Apr 1981, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Abstract
Scale models of Nuclear Power plants were constructed to study soil structure interaction during Earthquakes. The centrifuge of the C.E.S.T.A. Center near Bordeaux, France, was used to simulate gravity at 100 g (length scale 1: 100) on a 1000 kg net weight of soil and structure. The Earthquake was simulated by a surface wave created by a programmed series of small explosions suitably modified so that the free field signals of horizontal and vertical accelerometers had spectra resembling those of real Earthquakes according to similitude laws. The problem of echoes and suitability of a confined structure was studied without models of structures. In tests including models of structures movements and stresses in the soil and in the structure were measured using transducers of acceleration displacement pressure and deformation. The overall stability was studied.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1981 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
Zelikson, A.; Devaure, B.; and Badel, D., "Scale Modelling of Soil Structure Interaction during Earthquakes Using a Programmed Series of Explosions during Centrifugation" (1981). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/01icrageesd/session05/1
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Scale Modelling of Soil Structure Interaction during Earthquakes Using a Programmed Series of Explosions during Centrifugation
St. Louis, Missouri
Scale models of Nuclear Power plants were constructed to study soil structure interaction during Earthquakes. The centrifuge of the C.E.S.T.A. Center near Bordeaux, France, was used to simulate gravity at 100 g (length scale 1: 100) on a 1000 kg net weight of soil and structure. The Earthquake was simulated by a surface wave created by a programmed series of small explosions suitably modified so that the free field signals of horizontal and vertical accelerometers had spectra resembling those of real Earthquakes according to similitude laws. The problem of echoes and suitability of a confined structure was studied without models of structures. In tests including models of structures movements and stresses in the soil and in the structure were measured using transducers of acceleration displacement pressure and deformation. The overall stability was studied.
