NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research
The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure facility at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) is equipped with 9-m- and 1-m-radius geotechnical centrifuges that provide unique, world-class facilities for scaled modeling of complex systems. This national, open access research f...
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| author | Jason T. DeJong Daniel W. Wilson Alejandro Martinez Katerina Ziotopoulou Soo-Min Ham Ross W. Boulanger |
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| description | The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure facility at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) is equipped with 9-m- and 1-m-radius geotechnical centrifuges that provide unique, world-class facilities for scaled modeling of complex systems. This national, open access research facility allows scientific and engineering communities to realize major advances in understanding, predicting, and improving the performance of civil infrastructure and natural systems. Large-scale centrifuge modeling of systems-level problems is particularly effective in advancing fundamental knowledge, upscaling and testing new technologies at the prototype scale, developing engineering analysis and design methods, and validating advanced computational models. The capabilities and unique role of large-scale centrifuge modeling are illustrated through four example research projects. These are followed by a discussion of envisioned future research directions and opportunities on how hypergravity modeling can be used to address natural and anthropogenic-induced loadings on civil infrastructure and natural systems. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bcedd9cfc91e4a0e8644e87448d99a442025-08-20T03:40:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Built Environment2297-33622025-08-011110.3389/fbuil.2025.15688321568832NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific researchJason T. DeJong0Daniel W. Wilson1Alejandro Martinez2Katerina Ziotopoulou3Soo-Min Ham4Ross W. Boulanger5Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Geotechnical Modeling, University of California, Davis, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Geotechnical Modeling, University of California, Davis, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, United StatesThe Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure facility at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) is equipped with 9-m- and 1-m-radius geotechnical centrifuges that provide unique, world-class facilities for scaled modeling of complex systems. This national, open access research facility allows scientific and engineering communities to realize major advances in understanding, predicting, and improving the performance of civil infrastructure and natural systems. Large-scale centrifuge modeling of systems-level problems is particularly effective in advancing fundamental knowledge, upscaling and testing new technologies at the prototype scale, developing engineering analysis and design methods, and validating advanced computational models. The capabilities and unique role of large-scale centrifuge modeling are illustrated through four example research projects. These are followed by a discussion of envisioned future research directions and opportunities on how hypergravity modeling can be used to address natural and anthropogenic-induced loadings on civil infrastructure and natural systems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2025.1568832/fullcentrifugephysical modelinggeotechnicalinverse analysesnatural hazards |
| spellingShingle | Jason T. DeJong Daniel W. Wilson Alejandro Martinez Katerina Ziotopoulou Soo-Min Ham Ross W. Boulanger NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research Frontiers in Built Environment centrifuge physical modeling geotechnical inverse analyses natural hazards |
| title | NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research |
| title_full | NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research |
| title_fullStr | NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research |
| title_full_unstemmed | NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research |
| title_short | NHERI centrifuge facility: systems-scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research |
| title_sort | nheri centrifuge facility systems scale hypergravity modeling in engineering and scientific research |
| topic | centrifuge physical modeling geotechnical inverse analyses natural hazards |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2025.1568832/full |
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