U.S.-Bangladesh Workshop on Innovation for Windstorm Mitigation Construction, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 20-21, 2005

[04:19893]说明：本项目支持将于2005年12月20日至21日在孟加拉国达卡举行的美国-孟加拉国缓解风暴建设创新研讨会。美国组织者是阿拉巴马州伯明翰市阿拉巴马大学土木与环境工程系的Nasim Uddin博士。孟加拉国的协办方是达卡孟加拉国工程技术大学土木工程系的Sk. Sekender Ali博士。该研讨会将由BUET与孟加拉国建筑研究所共同主办。其目标是促进全球互动和促进研究合作，以实现缓解风暴技术的创新建设。会议将讨论：该领域的进展；材料与结构科学家的互动；鉴定当地可用的天然纤维，如黄麻织物，以加强建筑材料；识别知识差距；识别有效利用先进复合材料和创新材料进行抗风建筑的障碍在修复、加固、修复和新建筑领域优先考虑有效的研究项目。与这些主题相关的研究已经在美国、加拿大、欧洲、日本、印度和孟加拉国进行，这些团体之间几乎没有交流。需要一个国际交流的经验增加效率,并确保美国在这一重要领域的前沿。将组织对孟加拉国的飓风易发地区进行实地考察。将制作研讨会论文集，并广泛分发给研究人员和代码编写者以及专业期刊。范围：沿海国和许多岛屿国家和领土易受风暴危害。在美国，许多州容易受到龙卷风和雷暴的危害，而高风险地区的建筑活动正在增加。飓风,结合大风和洪水造成巨大的生命损失,伤害,破坏财产,和经济和社会混乱,正如由56人死亡,财产损失60亿美元从1999年飓风弗洛伊德。每年,成千上万的人死在孟加拉国、印度东南部,由于飓风。这类风暴中最猛烈的一次发生在1991年4月29日，当时的物质损失约为24亿美元，人员伤亡约为14万人。举办该讲习班的前提是，交流美国和外国在创新减缓风暴建设领域的现有经验对双方都有利。这个项目由瓦兹和分工的公民联合资助和机械系统。

0419893UddinDescription: This project supports a US-Bangladesh Workshop on Innovation for Windstorm Mitigation Construction, to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh December 20-21, 2005. The U.S. organizer is Dr. Nasim Uddin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama. The Bangladesh co-organizer is Dr. Sk. Sekender Ali, Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka. The workshop will be hosted by BUET with the Bangladesh Building Research Institute. The goal is to promote global interaction and foster research collaboration towards innovative construction for windstorm mitigation technology. The meeting will cover: advances in the field; interaction of materials and structural scientists; identification of locally available natural fibers like jute fabrics for strengthening of building materials; identification of gaps in knowledge; identification of barriers to the effective utilization of advance composites and innovative materials for windstorm resistant construction; and prioritization of effective research programs in the area of repair, reinforcing, rehabilitation, and new construction. Research related to these topics has been carried out in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, India and Bangladesh, with little communication between these groups. There is a need for an international exchange of experience to increase the efficiency, and to ensure that the U.S. is at the leading edge of this critical area. Site visits will be organized to hurricane prone areas in Bangladesh. Workshop Proceedings will be produced and widely disseminated to researchers and code writers as well as in professional journals. Scope: Coastal States and many Island States and territories are vulnerable to the hazards of windstorms. In the U.S., many states are vulnerable to the hazards of tornadoes and thunderstorms, while increased building activity is occurring in high-risk areas. Hurricanes, combining high winds and flooding cause enormous loss of life, injury, destruction of property, and economic and social disruption, as evidenced by the 56 deaths and $6 Billion in property damage in 1999 from Hurricane Floyd. Every year, thousands of people die in Bangladesh, and the southeastern part of India, due to hurricanes. The fiercest such windstorm was of 29 April 1991, when material damage was to the tune of about $2.4 billion and human casualty of about 140,000 lives. The workshop is organized on the premise that the exchange of existing American and foreign experience in the area of innovative windstorm mitigation construction is beneficial for both parties. This project is funded jointly by OISE and the Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems.