以黄文熙教授为团长的“土工离心机”考察团一行五人,于1984.4.18～5.25在美国九个城市,13个单位进行了实地考察。考察团参观并具体调查研究了美国加利福尼亚大学戴维斯(Davis)分校、洛杉矶(Los Angeles)分校,科罗拉多大学博尔德(Boulder)分校的三台小型土工离心机(直径2～3m,负荷<10g-t)。它们使用已近十年,能进行一系列静态土工模型试验,士工动态模型试验以及水工坝顶溢流冲刷试验。 Prof. Huang Wenxi as the head of the “geocentrifuge” delegation of five people, in 1984.4.18 ~ 5.25 in nine cities in the United States, 13 units conducted a field visit. The delegation visited and surveyed three small geocentric centrifuges (2 ~ 3m in diameter, load <2m) at the University of California at Davis, Los Angeles and the University of Colorado Boulder, 10g-t). They have been in use for nearly a decade and are capable of performing a series of static geotechnical model tests, gentleman dynamic model tests, and hydraulic crest erosion tests.