| Principal Investigator and Institution
Ian G. Buckle, University of Nevada, Reno
Objective and Approach
The third international workshop on the mitigation of seismic effects
on transportation facilities will be held in Tokyo, Japan on July 9 - 11,
2002. The host institution for the meeting will be the Tokyo Institute of
Technology in Tokyo. This is the third workshop in this series, the first
two being organized by the National Center for Research in Earthquake
Engineering in Taipei. The first workshop was held in Taipei in July 1999,
and the second in September 2000, also in Taipei. The third workshop will again provide a forum for the discussion and
exchange of information about recent and future developments in the
seismic design and retrofit of transportation facilities, and the
promotion of international cooperation and research in this area.
Participating countries include Japan, the United States, and Taiwan.
The Workshop will comprise a two-day meeting in Tokyo, to be held in
the Ferrite Memorial Hall at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. This will
be followed by a one-day study tour in the Tokyo area.
A major theme of this particular workshop will be performance-based
design of transportation facilities and papers in the following areas will
address this topic:
- Impact of near-fault ground motions on transportation structures
- Post-earthquake condition assessment of transportation systems
- Seismic design and retrofit strategies for facilities subject to
strong ground motion
- Seismic control devices
- Decision support technologies for emergency response
- Impacts of recent earthquakes on design and retrofit philosophy
- Performance of transportation structures in recent damaging
earthquakes.
In addition, a special session will be devoted to issues surrounding
the implementation of performance- based design for transportation
facilities.
Funds provided under this task will be used for the travel and
accommodation of nine members of the US delegation. Participation by FHWA
engineering staff is also expected.
Products
Proceedings of the workshop will be published including all technical
papers, resolutions, and research recommendations. Copies will be
available from MCEER for distribution in the US to interested parties.
Technical Challenges
None anticipated. |