Modeling EQs in a centrifuge with UC Davis graduate students
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Civil engineering grad students from NHERI UC Davis join Dan Zehner to discuss research at the renowned Center for Geotechnical Modeling, a geotech lab equipped with a nine-meter centrifuge. Master’s student Jose Louis Caisapanta describes soil experiments with the centrifuge – which can deploy a shake table during its 50G spins. PhD student Laura Luna explains building physical models in the centrifuge. She uses resulting data to create a computer model that will predict soil behavior beneath a structure during an earthquake.
About the equipment and people at the NHERI UC Davis laboratory:
https://ucdavis.designsafe-ci.org/
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CGM Director Jason DeJong on DesignSafe Radio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLTdPaOUFk
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