The NEES@UCSB facility consists of permanently-instrumented geotechnical test sites designed to improve our understanding of the effects of surface geology on strong ground motion. The instrumentation at these sites includes surface and borehole arrays of accelerometers and pore pressure transducers designed to record strong ground motions, excess pore pressure generation and liquefaction that occurs during large earthquakes. An instrumented structure is also monitored to improve our understanding of soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI) effects.
Soil-Foundation Structure-Interaction Experiment Captures Valuable Data Set for Research and Education
Two experimental soil-foundation-structure-in- teraction (SFSI) structures installed side-by-side at the NEES@UCSB Garner Valley field site are fully instrumented to record their response to am- bient earthquakes.
The NEES@UCSB Garner Valley facility was recently enhanced to include a unique cross-hole array experiment. The new permanent cross-hole array includes two geophones and a solenoid-activated dual-direction hammer source at 5 meters depth.
Using ground motions recorded from a M4.1 event at the NEES@UCSB Garner Valley field site, Amit Chourasia of the San Diego Supercomputer Center generated animations of the ground motion response in the soil column.
The Wildlife Liquefaction Array (WLA) is a ground motion monitoring and liquefaction research site located at the southern most terminus of the San Andreas Fault system. The WLA field site records numerous earthquakes daily in this seismically active area. WLA is situated in California's...