NSF Post-Earthquake Geotechnical Reconnaissance Working Group

记录和汇编从世界各地的重大地震事件中吸取的主要经验教训，有助于推进岩土地震工程的研究和实践。 目前的许多设计程序是基于经验的方法，需要重新评估和更新的重要案例历史的出现。 然而，大地震产生的大部分数据和信息是易损坏的，因此必须在地震发生后的几天或几周内收集。这一行动是为了支持成立地震后岩土工程勘察工作组，这是一个由具有地震后岩土工程勘察经验的研究人员组成的小型工作组。 该工作组的活动将在很大程度上依赖于电信和互联网的使用-例如电话会议、电子邮件和在网站上发布信息;但它也将每年举行两次会议，进行面对面的讨论。 此外，GeoRecon工作组将接受基础广泛的咨询小组的指导，该咨询小组是一个由相关领域的杰出岩土工程师、地震工程师和科学家组成的更大的小组，以及属于也积极参与震后勘测的组织的人员。 GeoRecon活动将扩大，多样化，并培训新一代的岩土工程师在地震后的侦察和学习，从这样的地震。 它还将考虑新的技术和技术，可以有效地促进地震后的侦察，如GPS（全球定位系统），机载激光雷达（光探测和测距），和卫星SAR（合成孔径雷达）。NSF定期支持岩土地震工程师，并单独，海啸海岸工程师，谁已经自我组装，形成有效的地震和海啸后的侦察队。 GeoRecon工作组的目标是更好地界定这些活动，并与也参与震后勘察访问的其他团队和组织更有效地对接。 例如，地震工程研究所（EERI）和美国地质调查局（USGS）是积极参与震后调查的其他组织。 这些组织各有其特定的使命，但并不关注岩土工程问题。 过去的岩土工程勘察队与其他勘察队进行了有效的互动和合作，预计随着GeoRecon工作组的成立，这种互动将更加有效，此外，GeoRecon活动将成为其他学科在自然灾害发生后立即获取宝贵数据方面的典范。 通过与其他已经制定了有效程序的专业人员合作，并与其他社区分享这项研究的结果，自然灾害影响的文件记录将得到全面改善。

Documenting and compiling the key lessons learned from major earthquake events around the world contributes significantly to advancing research and practice in geotechnical earthquake engineering. Many of the current design procedures are based on empirical methods that require re-evaluation and updating as important case histories emerge. However, much of the data and information generated by major earthquake is perishable and therefore must be collected within a few days or weeks of the occurrence of the earthquake.This action is to support the formation of the Post-Earthquake Geotechnical Reconnaissance (GeoRecon) Working Group, a small working group of researchers with experience in post-earthquake geotechnical investigations. The activities of this working group will rely heavily on telecommunication and Internet usage - such as teleconferences, e-mail, and posting to web sites; however it will also meet twice a year for face-to-face discussions. In addition, the GeoRecon Working Group will receive guidance from a broad-based Advisory Panel, a larger group of prominent geotechnical engineers, earthquake engineers and scientists in related fields, and personnel belonging to organizations that also actively participate in post-earthquake reconnaissance. The GeoRecon activity will broaden, diversify, and train a new generation of geotechnical engineers in post-earthquake reconnaissance and learning from such earthquakes. It will also consider new technologies and techniques that can effectively contribute to post-earthquake reconnaissance, such as GPS (Global Positioning System), Airborne LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging), and satellite SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar).NSF has regularly supported geotechnical earthquake engineers, and separately, tsunami coastal engineers, who have self-assembled to form effective post-earthquake and post-tsunami reconnaissance teams. The goal of the GeoRecon Working Group is to better define these activities, and to interface more effectively with other teams and organizations that also participate in post-earthquake reconnaissance visits. For example, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), and the US Geological Survey (USGS) are other organizations that actively engage in post-earthquake investigations. These organizations each have a particular mission; but do not focus on geotechnical issues. Past geotechnical reconnaissance teams have interacted and collaborated effectively with other reconnaissance teams, and it is expected that this interaction will be more effective with the formation of the GeoRecon Working Group.Moreover, the GeoRecon activity will serve as a model for other disciplines regarding the valuable data that can be captured immediately after a natural hazard. By joining with other professions who have also developed effective procedures and sharing the results of this research with other communities, documentation of the effects of natural hazards will improve overall.