First Announcement and Call for Abstracts:
ATC-29-2 Seminar on Seismic Design, Performance, and Retrofit of
Nonstructural Components in Critical Facilities
The
Applied Technology Council (ATC) and Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake
Engineering Research (MCEER) are pleased to announce the ATC-29-2 Seminar on
Seismic Design, Performance, and Retrofit of Nonstructural Components in
Critical Facilities, the third in a series of ATC/MCEER seminars on this
subject first held in October 1990. Funded by the National Science Foundation,
the purpose of the Seminar is to present current research, practice, and
informed thinking pertinent to seismic design, performance, and retrofit of
nonstructural components and distribution systems in buildings, with a special
focus on critical facilities. The seminar components and systems include:
supports and bracing for elevator systems, ceilings, partitions, cladding,
glazing, contents, water piping systems, and mechanical and electrical
equipment. Nonstructural components or systems in facilities with critical
functions (e.g., computer centers, hospitals, manufacturing plants with
especially hazardous materials, museums with fragile/valuable collection items)
are of special interest.
The 2-day Seminar will be held October 23-24, 2003 in the Los Angeles,
California area at a site to be announced later.
The Seminar program has been developed for design professionals, regulators,
researchers, manufacturers and contractors, insurers, owners, and facility
managers. Themes and topics to be addressed include:
- Current practice and emerging code provisions and guidelines;
- Observed seismic performance and databases;
- Performance evaluation analysis and reliability and fragility estimation;
- Shake table and seismic qualification testing;
- New developments in performance based engineering;
- Use of advanced technologies (isolation systems, damping systems, other);
- Retrofit strategies; and
- Multi-hazard mitigation issues, including the effects of blast.
The Seminar Steering Committee is seeking papers pertaining to the above
themes and topics. Verbal presentations are planned but the Steering Committee
is also considering the possibility of including poster papers. Persons wishing
to present a paper at the Seminar are requested to submit an abstract of their
paper to ATC on or before July 29, 2003. Abstracts should be one page,
typewritten (single spaced) and not more than 250 words in length. Please
indicate in the upper right corner of the abstract the format of presentation
preferred (verbal or poster). Abstracts should be submitted to: ATC-29-2
Project, Applied Technology Council, 201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 240,
Redwood City, CA 94065;
Fax: 650/593-2320; E-mail,
atc@ATCouncil.org.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by August 10, 2003. Written
versions of papers presented at the Seminar, not to exceed 14 pages in length,
will be due September 26, 2003 in order to publish the Seminar Proceedings for
the opening day of the Seminar.
An exhibition space is planned and exhibits are encouraged.
For More Information, Contact:
Bernadette Mosby, 650/595-1542
E-mail: atc@atcouncil.org
A pdf file (168 kb) ATC-29-2 First Announcement and Call for Abstracts
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