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Geotechnical Centrifuges
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Control Room for RPI Geotechnical Centrifuge. Four Plasma TV Screens can be Divided into 16 Screens for Telecommunicating with Worldwide Sites During Testing.

Credit: Paul Castle, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Geotechnical Centrifuges
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Next-Generation Earthquake Engineering Experimental Capability Using 150 g-ton Geotechnical Centrifuge

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

http://www.nees.rpi.edu/

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