VORTEX-Winds: A Virtual Organization for Reducing the Toll of EXtreme Winds on Society

建议编号：CBET-0742191主要调查者：Kareem，Ahsan从属关系：圣母大学建议标题：涡旋-风：一个减少极端风对社会的影响的虚拟组织与风有关的灾难对建筑环境造成巨大破坏，并导致惊人的死亡人数，鉴于人口向沿海迁移时暴露的增加，未来死亡人数可能会继续上升。为了更好地管理极端风事件的影响，鉴于设计过程中严重依赖经验和实验信息，需要一种利用共享资源和全球合作的新范式。为了解决这一关键问题，提出了一个减少极端风(涡旋风)通行费的虚拟组织，它将通过提供对地理上分散的资源的实时共享访问，以便在风对结构的影响领域进行更有效的研究和教育，从而实现这一范式转变。这项建议的目标是(I)建立和维持这样一个减轻风灾的虚拟社区；(Ii)加强这个社区？S分析和设计能力，以应对风带来的下一代挑战；以及(Iii)促进该领域未来劳动力的教育和培训。通过一系列工具和服务与灵活的架构和接口联网，以实时支持研究和教育目标，旋风承诺通过协同、综合的方法来了解和建模风与结构的相互作用，增强其成员和最终用户的能力，超越其现有资源。同时，也许更重要的是，涡风将带来设计行业目前缺乏的分析能力？S下一代电子信息/数据交换平台-建筑信息建模(BIM)，以增强其终端用户参与世界各地蓬勃发展的基础设施开发的竞争优势，并确保其在极端风事件中的安全和性能。此外，志愿人员组织将提供一个互动知识库，旨在汇总和集中协作室的共享知识，包括Wind-wiki、损害数据库、服务台/常见问题解答、公告栏和课程工具，以促进传播和教育。其结果将是一个社区作为一个整体更好地定位于解决该领域的下一个前沿。

Proposal Number: CBET-0742191Principal Investigator: Kareem, AhsanAffiliation: University of Notre DameProposal Title: VORTEX-Winds: A Virtual Organization for Reducing the Toll of EXtreme Winds on SocietyWind-related catastrophes inflict enormous devastation on the built environment and result in a staggering number of fatalities, which may continue to rise in the future given the increase in exposure as population migrates towards the coasts. To better manage the impact of extreme wind events, given the heavy reliance on empirical and experimental information in the design process, a new paradigm is required that utilizes shared resources and global collaborations. In order to address this critical issue, a Virtual Organization for Reducing the Toll of EXtreme Winds (VORTEX-Winds) is proposed that would enable such a paradigm shift by offering real-time shared access to geographically dispersed resources for more effective research and education in the area of wind effects on structures. The goals of this proposal are (i) to establish and sustain such a virtual community for wind hazard mitigation; (ii) to enhance this community?s analysis and design capabilities to address next generation challenges posed by wind; and (iii) to facilitate education and training of the future workforce in the field.Through a collection of tools and services networked with a flexible architecture and interfaces to support research and education objectives in real-time, VORTEX-Winds promises to enhance the capability of its members and end users beyond their current resources through a synergistic, integrative approach to understanding and modeling wind-structure interactions. Thus, VORTEX-Winds will benefit those otherwise limited by their personal research tools, allowing them to address complex problems posed by wind in support of the wider stakeholder community.Meanwhile, and perhaps more importantly, VORTEX-Winds will bring the analytical muscle currently lacking in the design industry?s next generation electronic information/data interchange platform, Building Information Modeling (BIM), to strengthen the competitive edge of its end users involved in the burgeoning infrastructure development around the world and ensure its safety and performance in extreme wind events. In addition, the EVO will offer an interactive knowledge base intended to aggregate and centralize the shared knowledge of the collaboratory, including a wind-wiki, damage database, help desk/FAQ, bulletin boards and curriculum tools to facilitate dissemination and education. The result will be a community as a whole better positioned to address the next frontiers in the field.