PHYSICAL REAL RESEARCH

National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility

State-of-the-art physical modelling of complex geotechnical problems to address key challenges in offshore geotechnical engineering

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State-of-the-Art Solutions Based on Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling

Hosted by the Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems at the University of Western Australia, the NGCF brings together world class technical expertise and renowned geotechnical academics with strong links to the offshore energy industries. We bring this expertise to deliver technical solutions based on geotechnical centrifuge modelling.

Inside the NGCF

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The NGCF technical team
The NGCF team
The c72 beam centrifuge at the NGCF at UWA in WA.
The largest geotechnical centrifuge in the Southern Hemisphere, the C72 is capable of spinning a 2.4 tonne payload up to 100 times Earth's gravity. At full speed the payload travels almost 300 km/h!!
Calibrating the NFCG centrifuge at UWA.
NGCF robotic actuators apply complex loading sequences on our reduced scale models
Reviewing experiment results in the NGCF office.
Our centrifuge control rooms is where the action happens, allowing tests to be controlled and witnessed in realtime, either from the control room or virtually from anywhere in the world
Configuring the main centrifuge at the NGCF in Western Australia.
The NGCF C61 centrifuge has been spinning at UWA for over 30 years! A highly verstaile and productive centrifuge that can spin a 200 kg payload to 200 times Earth's gravity.
Close up of the experiment within the NGCF centrifuge.
Testing the viability of pipe clamping mattress (PCM) technology as a cost effective technique to arrest axial walking of subsea pipelines
Technician making repairs to a centrifuge at the NGCF in WA.
NGCF model anchor.