Training Materials

Field Training Workshop Proceedings

A Field Training Workshop was held in on May 18, 2006 following the COSMOS workshop for Site Selection, Installation and Operation of Geotechnical Strong-Motion Arrays (http://www.cosmos-eq.org/GSMA/GSMA_2.html).

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The following documents are available from the NEES Central Repository to help you prepare research proposals and otherwise use the facilities and equipment of NEES@UCSB. For a list of similar documents for other NEES facilities, refer to the Central Repository.

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

General Guidelines and Preparation

Introduction to NEES@UCSB Facilities and Resources Proposal Preparation Guidelines Usage Recharge Rates & Fees Scheduling Guidelines Safety Policy Ver 1.4 3afety Policy Ver 1.3 Safety Policy Ver 1.2 Report of Unsafe Condition Hazard Correction Report

Directions & Maps

Driving Directions UCSB Campus Map Lodging & Area Information

Facilities Components and Specifications

Garner Valley SFSI Field Site Wildlife Refuge Liquefaction Field Site

Publications

Steidl, J.H., Seale, S.H. (2009). Observations and Analysis of Ground Motion and Pore Pressure at the NEES Instrumented Geotechnical Field Sites, Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Steidl, J.H., R. L. Nigbor, T. L. Youd (2008). Observations of insitu soil behavior and soil-foundation-structure interaction at the George E. Brown, Jr. network for earthquake engineering simulation (NEES) permanently instrumented field sites, Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008 Beijing Youd, T.L., H.W. Bartholomew, and J.H. Steidl (2008). SPT hammer Energy Ratio versus Drop Height, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 134, p. 397-400. China, paper S16-01-014 Youd, T.L., J.H. Steidl, and R.L. Nigbor (2004). Lessons learned and need for instrumented liquefaction sites, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol. 24, Issues 9-10, p 639-646. Steidl, J.H. (2007). Instrumented Geotechnical Sites: Current and future trends, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, June 25-28, 2007, Paper No. W1-1009, p.234-245, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Youd, T. L., J. H. Steidl, and R. A. Steller (2007). Instrumentation of the Wildlife Liquefaction Array, K.D. Pitilakis (ed.), Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Paper No. 1251, Springer