The video above gives a good perspective of the site, but the actual collapse can be seen at Asia One (sorry, couldn’t embed). [Source: Asia One via Dan Brown and Associates. Image: Asia One]
I stumbled across this video for the geotechnical engineering centrifuge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Centrifuge testing is a popular way to economically test models at much higher loads and pressures than you would normally be able to in the laboratory. The goal is to more accurately represent the real world conditions. Click through for the video.
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Again, one of the advantages of conducting dynamic load tests over static.