The Fourth United States - Japan Workshop on Wind Engineering

摘要：第四届美日风能工程研讨会本项目的目标是参加美日自然资源合作计划(UJNR)D任务委员会(风工程)的第四次联合研讨会。此次研讨会是UJNR风与地震影响小组的持续努力，旨在将来自学术机构、政府实验室和行业的美国和日本研究人员聚集在一起，讨论风对土木工程结构的影响的最新水平，并制定对两国都有利的战略和合作努力。前三次美日研讨会分别于1997年10月在美国夏威夷、1999年5月在日本筑波和2002年10月在美国西雅图举行。第四届美日研讨会的主题是减少大风灾害的新挑战，将于2006年3月14-16日在日本筑波举行。智力优势：该项目的智力优势主要来自于第四届研讨会的目标。这些目标是：(A)讨论以前的合作研究工作；(B)继续就正在进行的研究和实践相互交流信息；(C)确定两国近年来在减少大风灾害方面面临的新挑战，并制定和实施对两国都有利的战略规划；(D)确定合作研究的新项目；(E)访问日本选定的与风及其对结构的影响有关的地点。将来自美国和日本的风能工程领域的领导者聚集在一起，有助于为会议带来高度多样化的专业知识，并增加成功实现上述目标的可能性。广泛的影响：通过技术数据/信息、研究人员和研究设备的国际交流，可以改善工程和科学实践。为了实现这种交流，UJNR于1964年成立。该项目将使美国的研究人员能够参加2006年3月的筑波会议。两国组织之间的这种直接沟通对合作项目的运作至关重要，并直接导致有利于两国设计和施工实践的知识传播和交流类型。

Abstract: 0606579The Fourth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Wind EngineeringThe goal of this project is to participate in the fourth joint workshop of Task Committee D (Wind Engineering) of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). This workshop is an ongoing effort of the UJNR Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects to bring together U.S. and Japanese researchers from academic institutions, government laboratories and industry to discuss the state-of-the-art of wind effects on civil engineering structures and to develop strategies and collaborative efforts that will benefit both countries. The first three U.S.-Japan Workshops were held in Hawaii, U.S. in October 1997, Tsukuba, Japan in May 1999 and Seattle, U.S. in October 2002. The theme of this fourth U.S.-Japan Workshop is New Challenges for Reduction of High-Wind Disaster and will be held in Tsukuba, Japan on March 14-16, 2006.Intellectual Merit:The intellectual merit of this project comes primarily out of the objectives of this fourthworkshop. These objectives are to (a) discuss previous collaborative research efforts, (b)continue mutual exchange of information on ongoing research and practice, (c) identify new challenges for reduction of high-wind disasters which both countries have experienced in recent years, and develop and implement strategic planning that will benefit both the countries, (d) identify new projects for collaborative research, (e) visit selected sites in Japan related to wind and its effects on structures. Bringing together the leaders in wind engineering from the U.S. and Japan helps to bring a highly diverse range of expertise to the meeting and increases the likelihood that the above objectives are achieved successfully.Broader Impacts:Engineering and scientific practices can be improved through international exchanges oftechnical data/information, researchers and research equipment. To enable such exchanges, the UJNR was formed in 1964. This project will enable researchers from the U.S. to attend the Tsukuba meeting in March, 2006. This type of direct communication between organizations from the two countries is vital to the operation of the cooperative program and leads directly to the type of knowledge dissemination and exchange that benefits the design and construction practices of both countries.