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The European Quaker project has been a powerful opportunity to accelerate the development of the ability to carry out earthquake simulations at reduced scale in the centrifuge in LCPC—France. This paper summarizes the main original technologies of this simulator. The quality of the checked performances is demonstrated in terms of ability to perform since earthquakes as well as to simulate scaled records of real earthquakes. The consistancy of the results is presented in the time and in the frequency domains.
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Chazelas, J.L., Escoffier, S., Garnier, J. et al. Original technologies for proven performances for the new LCPC earthquake simulator. Bull Earthquake Eng 6, 723–728 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-008-9096-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-008-9096-z