International Travel Grant to attend Analytical and Experi- mental Research for Seismic Repair/Rehabiitation of Low-RiseShear Wall Structures in Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan

该项目为首席调查员提供国际旅行支持，以短期科学访问的方式在台湾进行合作研究。调查将与国立台湾大学和国立成功大学的研究人员进行合作研究大学致力于低层钢筋混凝土建筑的抗震修复和重建。通过台湾研究人员最近的研究获得的大量实验数据将被收集和分析，以形成一个数学模型的基础这样的结构。有了这样的模型，就可以进行复杂的非线性分析，这是确定潜在地震破坏程度所必需的。此外，利用台湾建筑物清查及资料库研究混合技术控制地震动力移动的可行性和/或风力将被调查。合作研究将提高工程上对低层建筑非线性抗震性能的理解，提高对这类结构建模的能力，并为结构控制研究中的合作研究开发可行的框架。

This project provides international travel support for the Principal investigator to conduct cooperative studies in Taiwan on a short-term scientific visit basis. The investigation will conduct cooperative studies with researchers at the National Taiwan University and National Cheng-Kung University on the seismic repair and rehabilitation of low-rise reinforced concrete buildings. Extensive experimental data available through recent studies by Taiwanese researchers will be collected and analyzed to form the basis of a mathematical model for such structures. With such a model, complex nonlinear analysis which is required to determine the degree of potential seismic damage can then be performed. In addition, the feasibility of using Taiwan's building inventory and data base to investigate the hybrid techniques to control the dynamic movements caused by earthquakes and/or wind forces will be investigated. The cooperative studies will improve engineering understanding of the nonlinear seismic behavior of low-rise buildings, increase the ability to model such structures, and develop viable framework for cooperative studies in structural control research.