早在1869年法國人Philips E. 曾提出用離心機研究鋼結構的變形,前蘇聯1930年曾用離心機研究隧洞和邊坡變形,但直到二十世紀六十年代才在劍橋大學等研究單位的倡導下大量用於岩土工程研究。上世紀八十年代以來,土工離心機的套用更加廣泛,研究更為活躍。自1988年以來每4年舉辦一次全世界的土工離心機國際會議,國際會議論文數量逐年增多。近年來隨著液壓技術,電控技術,微型感測器及觀測技術的飛速發展,離心模型試驗技術開始從最初的定性分析向定量分析過渡。
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