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Nugget for BART transbay tube tests at UC Davis. Bruce Kutter, Jui-Ching Chou, UC Davis Jacob Chacko , Thaleia Travasarou , Fugro West, Inc. Tony Hitchings, BART. Centrifuge Modeling of BART Transbay Tube (TBT). Experiment. Uplift displacement in large earthquake. BROADER IMPACTS
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Nugget for BART transbay tube tests at UC Davis Bruce Kutter, Jui-Ching Chou, UC Davis Jacob Chacko, ThaleiaTravasarou, Fugro West, Inc. Tony Hitchings, BART
Centrifuge Modeling of BART Transbay Tube (TBT) Experiment Uplift displacement in large earthquake BROADER IMPACTS • 340,000 trips per day through the TBT • $20M to 50M in retrofit costs saved • Research funded by BART, technology transfer to industry (Fugro West, Inc.), enabled by NEES facility at UC Davis Analyses Photo from Nat. Geographic, 1969