International Workshop on Earthquake Simulation in Geotechnical Engineering

近年来，通过离心机模型、1G振动台试验、数值模拟和现场模拟，岩土工程中的地震模拟技术取得了长足的进步。这些最新发展极大地提高了岩土地震工程的研究能力，也给这一研究界带来了巨大的机遇和巨大的挑战。这些新提供的功能极大地扩展了可以进行的研究类型。例如，对大型现场结构的模拟，如土坝，深入的现场调查，以及更接近现实生活的计算机模拟成为可能。与此同时，对研究设施的大量投资加上现有的有限资金资源，要求未来的研究重点是最大限度地利用这些新能力。这次讲习班将有助于促进这一点，因为来自世界各地的专家将讨论新设施的能力和局限性，讨论可以利用这些设施开展的研究课题，形成研究人员小组之间的合作想法，找到创新和有效的信息传播方式，并解决因实施小乔治·E·布朗而产生的独特挑战。大约30名美国和国际专家将于2001年7月在俄亥俄州克利夫兰举行会议。此外，还将在研讨会之前建立一个网络讨论网站，并在研讨会结束后继续。它不仅对研讨会的参与者开放，而且对所有感兴趣的研究人员开放，从而使非参与者能够参与研讨会的讨论并为研讨会的讨论作出贡献。讲习班会议记录将在网上公布，以便广泛传播和查阅。

Considerable progress has been made in recent years in earthquake simulation techniques in geotechnical engineering through, for example, centrifuge modeling, 1g shaking table experiments, and numerical and field simulations. These latest developments significantly enhance the research capabilities in geotechnical earthquake engineering, and generate enormous opportunities as well as great challenges for this research community. These newly-available capabilities significantly expand the types of research that can be conducted. For example, the simulation of large field structures such as earth dams, in-depth field investigations, and closer-to-real-life computer simulations become feasible. At the same time, the significant investment in research facilities combined with the limited funding resources available requires that future research focus on making maximum use of these new capabilities. This workshop will help to facilitate this by bringing together experts from around the world to discuss the capabilities and limitations of the new facilities, to discuss the research topics that can be conducted using these facilities, to develop ideas of collaboration among groups of researchers, to find innovative and effective ways of information dissemination, and to address the unique challenges resulting from the implementation of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES).Approximately 30 US and international experts will meet in Cleveland, Ohio in July 2001. In addition, a web discussion site will be setup before, and continue after the workshop. It will be accessible not only to the workshop participants, but to all interested researchers, thus allowing non-participants to join in and contribute to the workshop discussions. The workshop proceedings will be posted online for wide dissemination and accessibility.