"Earthquake-Proof?" - Towards Resilient and Economical Steel Building Systems

许多业主希望新建筑物是“抗震”的，在本提案中定义为完美的抗震弹性（零故障概率和后果，零时间恢复）。相反，目前大多数抗震设计是基于允许损坏的选择“韧性”部分的结构，导致性能是远远不能“抗震”。“2010-2011年新西兰基督城附近发生的地震突出了工程师和公众期望之间的差异，地震导致1000多座建筑物被拆除。在加拿大，一次大地震预计将造成超过600亿美元的损失，比加拿大历史上最昂贵的自然灾害的破坏性还要大几倍。在较小但更频繁的地震中，损失可能主要是对操作和功能部件（OFC，即非结构元件，如覆层和机械设备）的损坏，这些损坏在典型设计中仅被最低限度地考虑。这些地震的社会经济影响不仅体现在直接的维修成本上，还体现在维修期间的停机等间接损失上。即使完全“抗震”的建筑可能无法实现，但显然仍需要朝着公众期望的更具抗震能力的建筑迈进，同时仍需尽量减少建筑成本。为此，重点领域A的目标包括验证加拿大控制摇摆支撑框架（CRBF）的设计准则，既与重力框架系统（G-CRBF）相结合，又与重力框架系统相分离，以便考虑将其纳入国家建筑规范和CSA标准S16（钢结构设计）。在重点领域B中，目标包括验证申请人最近开发的带有可更换支撑模块（RBM）的“定位板支撑框架”的设计规定。最后，认识到地震弹性建筑将需要能够快速修复的结构系统和能够承受其需求的OFC，重点领域C将使用人工智能在基于性能的地震工程框架内优化钢结构建筑系统的抗震设计，旨在为如何设计提供指导，以最大限度地减少总地震损失。 该研究计划的长期愿景是使地震恢复力成为加拿大所有工程结构的常规目标，而不是为特殊结构保留的增强目标。基于申请人在地震工程方面表现出的领导力，以增强钢结构建筑系统的抗震能力，拟议的研究将通过提供指导来降低地震的社会经济成本，同时为培训高素质人员（HQP）提供包容性环境，从而为加拿大带来直接利益，以引领该领域走向更具抗震能力和经济的结构。

Many owners expect new buildings to be "earthquake-proof," defined in this proposal as an ideal of perfect seismic resilience (zero failure probability and consequences, zero time to recovery). Conversely, most current seismic design is based on allowing damage to selected "ductile" parts of a structure, resulting in performance that is far from "earthquake-proof." This difference between the expectations of engineers and of the public was highlighted by the 2010-2011 earthquakes near Christchurch, New Zealand, which led to the demolition of over one thousand buildings. In Canada, a single large earthquake is expected to cause over $60 billion in losses, several times more devastating than the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. In smaller but more frequent earthquakes, losses are likely to be dominated by damage to Operational and Functional Components (OFCs, i.e. non-structural elements such as cladding and mechanical equipment) that are only minimally considered in typical design. The socioeconomic impact of these earthquakes would be felt not only through direct repair costs, but also indirect losses like downtime during repair. Even if completely "earthquake-proof" construction may not be attainable, there is still a clear need to move towards the more seismically resilient construction that the public expects, while still minimizing construction costs. To this end, the objectives of Focus Area A include validating Canadian design guidelines for Controlled Rocking Braced Frames (CRBFs), both coupled with the gravity framing system (G-CRBFs) and separated from it, so that they can be considered for inclusion in the National Building Code and CSA Standard S16 (Design of Steel Structures). In Focus Area B, the objectives include validating design provisions for "strongback braced frames" with Replaceable Brace Modules (RBMs) recently developed by the applicant. Finally, recognizing that seismically resilient construction will require both structural systems that can be quickly repaired and OFCs that can withstand the demands they experience, Focus Area C will use Artificial Intelligence to optimize the seismic design of steel building systems within a Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering framework, with an objective of providing guidance on how to design to minimize total seismic losses. The long-term vision of this research program is for seismic resilience to become a routine objective for all engineered structures in Canada, rather than an enhanced objective reserved for exceptional structures. Building on the applicant's demonstrated leadership in earthquake engineering for enhanced seismic resilience of steel building systems, the proposed research will have direct benefits for Canada by providing guidance to reduce the socioeconomic cost of earthquakes, while providing an inclusive environment for training Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) to lead the field towards more seismically resilient and economical structures.