ABSTRACT
Nowadays, several geotechnical centrifuges are newly developing for different purposes in China (Hou et al. 2006). One of them (Ma et al. 2006) introduced the development of a 150 g.ton centrifuge in Tongji University, which was designed to study geotechnical problems in soft ground. In this year, a large centrifuge with a payload capacity of 400 g.ton, termed ZJU-400, was installed in Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China. It is anticipated that the facility will contribute greatly to theoretical and practical research in the fields of geoenvironmental engineering, soil dynamics and earthquake engineering and foundation engineering. The centrifuge facility will become an important part of the Key Laboratory of Soft Soils and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University. Table 1 lists some centrifuges in mainland China which have capacities larger than 100 g.ton.
