Archiving of experimental data for LEAP-UCD-2017

Abstract

This paper describes how the LEAP-UCD-2017 data is organized in DesignSafe; it is intended to help users, archivers, and curators find or organize data of interest. Several key files, folders, and documents included in the archive are discussed: (1) an Excel format data template used to document much of the data and metadata for each model (sensor data, cone penetrometer data, and surface marker data as reported by the experimenters), (2) processed sensor data files with time offsets and zero and calibration corrections that facilitate comparison of consistently formatted data from various model tests, (3) plots of processed data for quick overview and comparison of results among experiments, and (4) photographs taken during construction and testing.