ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 5

Platform Orientation and Start-up Time During Centrifuge Testing

Bloomquist, DG
Assistant engineer, associate professor, and professormember of ASTM, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Davidson, JL
Assistant engineer, associate professor, and professormember of ASTM, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Townsend, FC
Assistant engineer, associate professor, and professormember of ASTM, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Abstract

Two techniques are introduced that improve the reliability of centrifuge testing of settling slurries. In the first, mechanical equipment modifications are described that allow a correct platform orientation to be achieved during flight. In the second, a simple mathematical equation is derived to account for the start-up period, during which the acceleration has not yet reached the final test level.

Keywords:
centrifuges, slurries, clays, sedimentation, consolidation, bucket orientation, start-up time

Paper ID: GTJ10501J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10501J
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