The U.S. Army Centrifuge Research Center, located at the ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, provides researchers an economical approach for evaluating alternative designs, investigating complex problem areas, and validating numerical methods with instrumented physical models. The facility was commissioned in 1995 and has provided support to a number of research projects.
The centrifuge supports research investigations in the fields of geotechnical, structural, coastal, hydraulic, and environmental engineering, in addition to blast and infrastructure protection. Studies are possible under a wide range of climatic conditions.
Addition of the U.S. Army Centrifuge Research Center has significantly enhanced the capabilities of researchers to address needs in physical modeling that span the full range of engineering applications. The facility is available for use by both government and non-government researchers. Further information on potential partnering mechanisms for application of centrifuge modeling is available upon request to the ERDC research team.