The Earthquake Research Plan: Research Needs and Opportunities for Earthquake Engineering

该项目提供了一项长期研究计划，该计划将确定现有的需求和机会，以促进地震工程和减少地震损失方面的最新技术和实践。地震工程研究所(EERI)将召集密集的小组活动，以求具有全面性，并促进以下领域的知识：提高对物理模型的理解，改进对分析和模拟中的不确定性的处理，促进制定系统性能数据的协议，增进对社会影响的了解，并促进研究和教育的更好结合。该计划将纳入高性能计算、信息系统、模拟和可视化带来的机遇，并将与其他组织和项目密切合作，包括美国国家地震高级研究系统(ANSS)、NSF资助的地震工程研究中心(EERCs)以及组成国家地震减灾计划的机构和组织。EERI将建立一个由地球科学、结构和岩土工程、社会科学和政策科学、建筑和城市规划以及信息技术等领域的研究人员和专业人员组成的小组。在九个月的时间里，专家小组成员将委托编写一系列白皮书，提供每个领域研究需求的专家评估摘要。该小组将参加电话会议，以获得进一步的意见，并将利用白皮书来编制全面计划。

This project provides for development of a long-term research plan that will identify the needs and opportunities that exist to advance the state of the art and the state of the practice in earthquake engineering and earthquake loss reduction. The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) will convene intensive panel activities to be comprehensive in nature and to advance knowledge in the following areas: improve understanding of physical models, improve the treatment of uncertainty in analysis and simulations, contribute to the development of a protocol for systematic performance data, improve understanding of societal impacts, and contribute to better integration of research and education. The plan will incorporate opportunities presented by high performance computing, information systems, simulation and visualization and will work closely with other organizations and programs including the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS), the NSF-funded earthquake engineering research centers (EERCs), and the agencies and organizations that make up the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.EERI will establish a panel of researchers and professionals from the earth sciences, structural and geotechnical engineering, the social and policy sciences, architecture and urban planning, and information technology. Over a nine-month period, the panel members will commission a series of white papers that provide a summary of expert assessment of research needs in each field. The panel will engage in teleconferences to gain further input and will draw on the white papers to prepare the comprehensive plan.