U.S. - Japan Joint Seminar: Earthquake-Resistant Design of Lifelines Facilities and Countermeasures Against Soil Liquefaction

该奖项支持美国科学家和工程师参加在日本东京举行的美日联合研讨会，该研讨会的主题是生命线设施的抗震设计和防止土壤液化的对策。联合组织者是洛杉矶南加州大学的Jean-Pierre Bardet教授和日本东京早稻田大学的Masanori Hamada教授。这次会议将汇集来自美国和日本的研究科学家，这两个国家在这一科学领域取得了重要和令人兴奋的进展。在过去的地震中，土壤液化一再破坏生命线(天然气、水和电力公用事业线路)以及桥梁和高速公路立交桥的基础。在1994年的北岭地震和1995年的玄武地震中，液化引起的变形对地基和生命线系统的影响已经进行了大量的研究。这导致提出了工程解决方案，以减轻土壤液化在未来地震中的破坏性影响。这些发现将被讨论，因为它们对于在美国和日本的岩土和结构工程中实施基于性能的设计是至关重要的。会议将确定未来岩土地震工程研究的方向。联合组织者在这一领域拥有互补的科学专业知识。这使他们能够评估并吸引最好的科学家和工程师参与。预计研讨会将产生的结果不仅将影响工程实践，而且将影响工程基础研究。研讨会组织者特别努力让博士后、研究生和本科生作为参与者和观察员。与该领域的日本专家交换想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进他们自己的工作，并将为未来的合作项目奠定基础。研讨会结束后，组织者计划建立一个研讨会网页。会议记录将在本网站上公布。

0303880BardetThis award supports the participation of American scientists and engineers in a U.S.-Japan joint seminar on earthquake-resistant design of lifelines facilities and countermeasures against soil liquefaction to be held in Tokyo, Japan. The co-organizers are Professor Jean-Pierre Bardet at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and Professor Masanori Hamada at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. The meeting will bring together research scientists from the U.S. and Japan, two countries where important and exciting progress in this area of science is being undertaken. During past earthquakes, soil liquefaction has repeatedly damaged lifelines (gas, water and electric utility lines) and foundations of bridges and highway overpasses. There has been much research undertaken on the effects of liquefaction-induced deformation on foundations and lifelines systems in the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquakes. This resulted in proposed engineering solutions that mitigate the devastating effects of soil liquefaction in future earthquakes. These findings will be discussed, as they are critical to the implementation of performance-based design in geotechnical and structural engineering in the United States and Japan. The meeting will then define directions for future research in geotechnical earthquake engineering.The co-organizers have complementary scientific expertise in the field. This enables them to evaluate and attract the best scientists and engineers to participate. The seminar is expected to yield results that will impact not only engineering practice but also fundamental research in engineering. The seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve postdocs, graduate students and undergraduate students as both participants and observers. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in the field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Following the seminar the organizers plan to establish a workshop web page. Conference proceedings will be published on this web site.