Planning of US-Japan Cooperative Research Program on Full Structural System Testing

美国-日本复合材料和混合结构地震合作研究NSF 94-154目前已进入最后阶段。 该研究计划旨在获得所需的基本信息，以了解行为，并制定实用的设计建议和程序的复合材料和混合结构。 因此，这是迄今为止的限制，对组件和子组合的研究。 这项研究计划产生了大量有用的工程信息。 然而，对完成联合研究倡议至关重要的完整结构系统的测试工作尚未进行。 本项目是根据上次（1998年10月）联合技术协调委员会年会上提出的关于对全尺寸试验进行周密计划的建议而进行的，其目的是在美国方面（与日本方面的类似工作同时进行），对美日合作研究计划进行全结构系统试验及相关研究。 规划工作将持续12个月，包括（1）举行两次美国规划小组会议，（2）举行一次美日联合规划研讨会，以最终确定该计划的详细建议和计划。

The US-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research on Composite and Hybrid Structures NSF 94-154 is currently in its final states. The research program was aimed at obtaining much needed basic information to understand the behavior and to develop practical design recommendations and procedures for composite and hybrid structures. Therefore, which was constrated so far on component and subassemblage studies. The research program has produced a wealth of useful engineering information. However, testing work on full structural systems, which is critical for completing the joint research initiative has not been undertaken. This project follows the recommendation of the last annual meeting (October 1998) of the Joint Technical Coordination Committee, which strongly urged a careful planning effort for the full-scale testing.The purpose of this project is to carry out the planning work on the US side (in parallel with similar work on the Japanese side) for the US-Japan cooperative research program on full structural system testing and related studies. The planning effort will span over a period of 12 months, covering (1) holding two meeting of the US planning group and (2) holding a joint US-Japan Planning workshop in order to finalize detailed recommendations and plans for the program.