Seismic soil–foundation–structure interaction observed in geotechnical centrifuge experiments

HB Mason, NW Trombetta, Z Chen, JD Bray… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper reports the experimental results from two geotechnical centrifuge tests examining
seismic soil–foundation–structure interaction of frame structures. In the first test, two three-…

Nonlinear dynamic foundation and frame structure response observed in geotechnical centrifuge experiments

NW Trombetta, HB Mason, Z Chen… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
… ► We performed two seismic centrifuge tests at a scale of N=55. ► First, we recorded the
baseline SFSI response of two inelastic structures. ► Second, we recorded the modified …

Nonlinear soil–foundation–structure and structure–soil–structure interaction: centrifuge test observations

NW Trombetta, HB Mason, TC Hutchinson… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
… Using a combination of strain and acceleration data, the footing forces for the frame structures
were calculated using the methodology described by Trombetta et al. (2013). At the onset …

Nonlinear soil–foundation–structure and structure–soil–structure interaction: engineering demands

NW Trombetta, H Benjamin Mason… - Journal of Structural …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
… The basic principle of centrifuge modeling is that if all lengths are scaled down by a factor
of N , accelerations are scaled up by a factor of N , and the same materials are used in both …

Seismic system identification using centrifuge-based soil-structure interaction test data

Z Chen, NW Trombetta, TC Hutchinson… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… Given a select centrifuge scale N (ie, the model structure is subjected to a centrifugal field
at N-g), the relation between the soil depth at the model scale (subscript m) and the prototype …

Protective effect and duration of action of formoterol aerosol on exercise-induced asthma

…, A Podda, M Carone, N Trombetta… - European …, 1991 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The short-term protective effect on exercise-induced asthma (EIA) and the duration of action
of formoterol, given by metered dose aerosol at a dose of 24 micrograms, were compared …

Seismic performance assessment in dense urban environments: evaluation of nonlinear building-foundation systems using centrifuge tests

ZQ Chen, TC Hutchinson, NW Trombetta, HB Mason… - 2010 - scholarsmine.mst.edu
… The prototype buildings were to be constructed at a centrifuge scale of N = 55. However,
rather than geometrically scaling the buildings directly by N, a single story model building is …

[PDF][PDF] Centrifuge modeling of structure–soil–structure interaction: Seismic performance of inelastic building models

NW Trombetta, TC Hutchinson, HB Mason… - Proc., 15th World …, 2012 - researchgate.net
… sliding of Footing ‘n’ (above the ground surface displacement); αn,n is the angle of differential
settlement between Footings ‘n’ and ‘n+1’; θ is the angle of rotation of Footing ‘n’ (less the …

The contribution of N-glycans and their processing in the endoplasmic reticulum to glycoprotein biosynthesis

ES Trombetta - Glycobiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The attachment of N-glycans to nascent glycoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is
intimately related to glycoprotein biogenesis. Processing of N-linked oligosaccharides begins …

[PDF][PDF] Seismic performance assessment in dense urban environments: Centrifuge data report for HBM04

H Mason, NW Trombetta, Z Chen, B Choy… - … Modeling, Univ. of …, 2011 - researchgate.net
… Important scaling factors are given in Table 1, where N is defined as the centrifugal gravity …
Simple geometric scaling of the prototype structures by the centrifuge scale (N = 55 for HBM02…