US-Turkey Workshop on Seismic Retrofit and Post-Earthquake Evaluation of Highway Bridges

自1999年Kocaeli和Duzce地震导致土耳其许多建筑受损和倒塌以来，美国和土耳其地震工程界之间的联系加强了。许多桥梁受到了地震的影响。美国工程师和研究人员一直在与土耳其同行合作，最大限度地利用从地震中吸取的教训，因为这些教训对两国都有好处。建议举办一次美国-土耳其联合讲习班，目的如下：(1)提供一个论坛，加强美国和土耳其从事桥梁地震工程的工程师和科学家之间的沟通；(2)交流有关每个国家在桥梁抗震改造和健康监测技术方面最近吸取的经验教训的信息，以协助震后调查；(3)发展在桥梁抗震改造和健康监测方面具有共同需求和兴趣的领域；(4)制订一份今后美国和土耳其在桥梁抗震改造和灾后评估方法方面联合研究的优先事项清单，以及(5)确定两国联合研究的资金来源。与之前的美国-土耳其研讨会相比，拟议的计划将具有桥梁灾后评估的新维度。大约18至20名美国代表将被选为参与者，其中一些人得到了该项目的全部支持，另一些人则得到了该项目的部分支持。与会代表将来自联邦和州交通机构、国家科学基金会、私营部门和学术界。将成立一个指导委员会，帮助选择成员并制定研讨会计划。研讨会暂定于2004年8月在安卡拉举行。拟议中的研讨会将提供一个机会，密切交流美国和土耳其在桥梁抗震改造和震后评估方面的想法和经验教训。两国都将从研讨会中受益，因为在为期四天的研讨会过程中详细讨论了信息。桥梁抗震加固和灾后评估仍在兴起。这两个领域都包含了大量的技术和非技术问题。学习其他地震多发国家的工程师和研究人员的观点，这些国家面临着与美国类似的问题，这将丰富美国科学界和设计界的知识。此外，新的潜在合作研究可能涉及美国的本科生和研究生。这些学生将接受地震工程研究和设计方面的培训，并将接触到国际观点和观点。对了解国际问题的熟练人才的培训将增强美国科学劳动力的能力，并将改善劳动力池，以便在全球市场上进行更先进的设计和研究工作。

Contacts between the earthquake engineering communities in the United States and Turkeyhave intensified since the 1999 Kocaeli and Duzce earthquakes that led to damage andfailure of numerous structures in Turkey. Many bridges were affect by these earthquakes.The US engineers and researchers have been working with their Turkish counterparts tomaximize the lessons learned from these earthquakes because these lessons would benefitboth countries. A joint US-Turkey workshop is proposed with the following objectives: (1)To provide a forum to enhance communication between engineers and scientists involved inearthquake engineering of bridges in the United States and Turkey, (2) To exchangeinformation about recent lessons learned in each country in seismic retrofit of bridgesand health monitoring techniques to aid in post-earthquake investigations, (3) To developareas of common needs and interest in bridge seismic retrofit and health monitoring, (4)To develop a list of priorities for future joint US-Turkey research in seismic retrofitand post-disaster evaluation methods for bridges, and (5) To identify sources of fundingfor joint research in both countries. Relative to previous US-Turkey workshops, theproposed program will have the new dimension of post-disaster evaluation of bridges.Approximately 18 to 20 US delegates will be selected for participation, some with full andothers with partial support from this project. The delegates will be from federal andstate transportation agencies, NSF, the private sector, and the academia. A steeringcommittee will be formed to help select the members and develop the workshop program. Theworkshop is tentatively scheduled for August 2004 in Ankara.The proposed workshop will provide an opportunity for close exchange of ideas and lessonsthat have been learned in the US and Turkey in seismic retrofit and post-earthquakeevaluation of bridges. Both countries will benefit from the workshop as information isdiscussed in detail in the course of the four-day workshop. Seismic retrofit andpost-disaster evaluation of bridges are still emerging. Both areas encompass a great dealof technical and non-technical issues. Learning the perspectives of engineers andresearchers from other earthquake-prone countries that face problems similar to those ofthe US will enrich the knowledge of the scientific and design community in the US.Furthermore, the new potential collaborative research could involve undergraduate andgraduate students in the US. These students will be trained in earthquake engineeringresearch and design and will be exposed to international views and perspectives. Thetraining of skilled individual with understanding of international issues will enhance themanpower in the US scientific work force and will improve the labor pool for more advanceddesign and research work in the global market.