Capability Statement

The Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility allows accelerated scale modelling of geosystems, such as earthworks, foundations and other civil engineering systems that interact with the ground. The centrifuge spins the scale models to accelerations of up to 130 times Earth’s gravity. Experiments use state-of-the-art data acquisition, robotic manipulation and image analysis, to address engineering challenges on land, by the coast or at the seafloor.