Proposal for a Workshop on "Geotechnical, Seismological and Coastal Earthquake Engineering Test Facilities: Adapting to a National Network

这一行动是为了支持1998年在加利福尼亚州戴维斯举行的研讨会，讨论在拟议的国家高性能地震模拟网络（NHPS）中岩土工程和工程地震学的需求。虽然重点是岩土工程的需求，但将考虑与结构和海岸工程地震模拟设施的接口。拟议的NHPS响应了需求，通过一系列为期20年的研讨会来表达，以获得工程材料，土壤和建筑设施在地震强震期间的行为的实验数据。NHPS的组成部分是通过现代高性能计算机和通信网络连接实验设施的概念，以便通过协同作用增强单个设施的能力，并为非现场用户提供远程访问。计划将网络扩展到包括世界各地的关键实验设施。本次研讨会的目的是讨论要解决的具有挑战性的研究课题，以及执行相关实验所需的具体实验设施。预计本次研讨会的审议将：(1)有助于更明确地定义将包括在NHPS中的实验设施，以及可以使用这些设施进行的实验；(2)开始讨论与NHPS相关的重要文化变化，这些变化是由远程访问能力、结果的快速传播以及为实验结果的快速发表提供适当的作者荣誉的需要引起的。＊＊＊

9810466 B.Kutter This action is to support a workshop in Davis, CA, during 1998, to discuss the needs in geotechnical engineering and engineering seismology within the proposed National Network for High Performance Seismic Simulation (NHPS). While the focus is on the needs within geotechnical engineering, the interface with facilities for structural and coastal engineering seismic simulation will be considered. The proposed NHPS responds to the need, expressed via a series of workshops extending over a period of twenty years, to obtain experimental data on the behavior of engineering materials, soils, and constructed facilities during earthquake strong-ground shaking. Integral to the NHPS is the concept of connecting the experimental facilities via a modern high-performance computer and communication network in order to enhance the capabilities of the individual facilities through synergism, and to provide remote access by off-site users. It is planned to extend the network to include key experimental facilities around the world. The objective of this workshop is to discuss challenging research topics to be addressed, and the specific experimental facilities needed to perform the associated experiments. It is expected that the deliberations of this workshop will: (1) contribute to a clearer definition of the experimental facilities to be included within the NHPS, and the experiments that can be undertaken using these facilities; and (2) begin a discussion of important culture changes associated with the NHPS resulting from remote access capabilities, the rapid dissemination of results, and the need to give appropriate authorship credit for the rapid publication of experimental results. ***