VELACS Project VELACS Project - Sponsored by the Earthqake Hazard Mitigation Program of the National Science Foundation
Program Director - Dr. C.J. Astill
VELACS is an NSF sponsored study on the effects of earthquake-like loading on a variety of soil models, aimed at better understanding the mechanisms of soil liquefaction and at acquiring data for the verification of various analysis procedures.
General Information
About VELACS
Centrifuge experiments
Class A predictions
Available data
Princeton University Contribution to the VELACS Project
Class A Predictions for all the nine centrifuge models
Primary Experiment for Centrifuge Model 12
Comparison Study for the "Class A" Predictions, in terms of Statistical Indices
Comparison Study in terms of Predicted and Recorded Time Histories
Reliability Assessment of Centrifuge Experimental Results
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