Abstract:
In the civil engineering, geological engineering and other related fields, in order to analyze the prototype conditions of rock and soil mass or structure in the laboratory, the geotechnical centrifuge is often used to carry out scale simulation experimental research. A variety of science and technology has developed rapidly in recent years, including hydraulic transmission, electrical control, micro-sensors and observation technology, etc., and the geotechnical centrifuge model test has transitioned from the initial qualitative analysis to quantitative analysis. It can provide an effective technical approach to solve many complex engineering problems such as landslide disaster, underground structure excavation and stability, foundation failure, site liquefaction, pile foundation destruction and so on, and a lot of research achievements have been obtained. Taking the arm type geotechnical centrifuge as the main object of discussion and research, through the principle, development situation, structure composition and existing main problems of the geotechnical centrifuge, the improvement scheme of the centrifuge design was put forward. Combined with the development process and application field of the current geotechnical centrifuge, the future research and application direction of this technology is prospected, which can provide a certain reference for the research and application.