International Travel Grant to attend U.S.-Korea Seminar on Nonlinear Models etc. and U.S.-Hong Kong Seminar on OptimumDesign and Control of Tall Buildings, Sept. 14-20, 1992

该项目为首席研究员提供国际旅行支持，以短期科学访问的方式在韩国和香港进行合作研究。研究人员将：(1)与韩国高级科学技术研究所(KAIST)的研究人员合作，研究非线性低层钢筋混凝土剪力墙模型和开发损害评估方法，以及(2)与香港科技大学(科大)的研究人员共同举办高层建筑优化设计及控制研讨会。这两项研究都引起了美国的强烈兴趣，国际合作部分为利用资源和设施提供了一个独特的场所这有助于提高预期研究的成功机会。这两项任务合并起来，在1992年秋季的一次远东之旅中执行。这些研究将提高工程学对两个重要课题的理解，即，地震剪力墙设计和结构的优化与控制，并有望为未来的合作开发程序框架对这些主题的研究。

This project provides international travel support for the principal investigator to conduct cooperative studies in Korea and Hong Kong on a short-term scientific visit basis. The investigator will: (1) work with researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to investigate nonlinear models for low-rise reinforced concrete shear walls and to develop damage assessment methodology, and (2) to develop a seminar on optimum design and control of tall buildings with researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Both studies are of strong interest to the United States and the international collaborative component provides a unique venue for sources and facility leveraging which helps to enhance the chances of success of the intended research. Both tasks are combined to be carried out in a single trip to the Far East during the Fall of 1992. The studies will improve engineering understanding of two important subjects, i.e., seismic shear wall design and optimum and control of structures and are expected to develop program framework for future cooperative studies on these subjects.