ABSTRACT
The advent of climate change has influenced weather patterns which in turn adversely affects geotechnical infrastructure. This has resulted in the use of environmental chambers coupled with centrifuge modelling to study the effect of climate change on geotechnical works. This paper presents a new environmental chamber developed at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Centrifuge facility. The aim of the new centrifuge environmental chamber (CEC) is to simulate different climate conditions by decoupling the influence of different climate variables. The design and construction of the new centrifuge environmental chamber is discussed. The CEC has the ability to control temperature, relative humidity, wind, radiation and rainfall.
