U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Engineering Research on Steel, Composite and Hybrid Structures

该项目解决了智力机会以及同时在美国进行的研究工作的技术协调的需要。S.和日本在两个国家的重要议题。它们是：（1）美国-日本合作地震研究计划：复合材料和混合结构，NSF倡议No.94 -154，和（2）美国-日本先进钢结构合作组织。虽然这些都是单独的合作研究内容，但它们侧重于几个类似的技术问题，并涉及一些相同的关键个人和机构。因此，它们在单个NSF活动中进行协调。 该项目的目标是：（1）促进美国和日本之间的基本信息和概念以及人员交流;（2）在合作的基础上就共同感兴趣的课题协调研究工作;（3）促进所开展的具体项目的数据和结果的交流;（4）为在美国和国外进行的各种独立研究项目提供一个联络点，以便更快地推进对国家重要性问题的进展;（5）综合结果，并确定所开展的各个项目的总体观察结果和结论;（6）确定未来需要进行开拓性研究的领域，以及所产生的知识足以实施的领域。这些目标正在通过各种手段实现，包括：（1）每年召开参加该方案的研究人员联席会议;（2）使一个由国家公认的专家组成的高级技术顾问小组能够出席会议，以便提供与专业和工业界的需要有关的投入，并促进传播这些不同团体的项目所产生的信息;（3）建立工作组（或小组委员会），集中注意并加速较窄学科领域内的研究进展;（4）收集每个参与项目的技术报告和试验数据的摘要，并通过万维网和其他手段分发摘要;（5）编制和分发总结每个要素的总体发现、观察和结论的最后文件。该项目将把这两个重要主题领域中所有当前和未来的美日合作研究活动的发展和实施纳入一个平衡和协调的计划。

This project addresses the intellectual opportunity as well as the need for technical coordination of research efforts being undertaken simultaneously in the U. S. and Japan on two topics of national importance. They are: (1) U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program: Composite and Hybrid Structures, NSF Initiative No. 94-154, and (2) U.S.- Japan Partnership for Advanced Steel Structures. While these are separate cooperative research elements, they focus on several similar technical issues and involve some of the same key individuals and institutions. As a result, they are coordinated within a single NSF activity. The objectives of this project are to: (1) Facilitate exchange of basic information and concepts as well as personnel between the U.S. and Japan; (2) Coordinate research efforts on a cooperative basis on topics of mutual interest; (3) Facilitate the exchange of data and results of the specific projects undertaken; (4) Provide a focal point for diverse, independent research projects being conducted in the U.S. and abroad in order to more rapidly advance progress on issues of national importance; (5) Synthesize the results and identify overall observations and conclusions from the various projects undertaken; and (6) Identify areas of needed future research of pioneering nature, as well as areas where generated knowledge is sufficient for implementation. These objectives are being achieved by various means, including; (1) Convening annual joint meetings of researchers participating in the program; (2) Enabling a panel of senior technical advisors of nationally recognized experts to attend the meetings in order to provide input related to the needs of the professional and industrial communities, and facilitate dissemination of information generated in the project of these various groups; (3) Establishing work groups (or sub-committees) that focus on and accelerate the progress of research within narrower disciplinary areas; (4) Gathering summaries of technical reports and test data from each participating project and distributing the summaries through the World Wide Web and other means; and (5) Developing and distributing final documents summarizing the overall findings, observations and conclusions for each element. This project will bring the development and implementation of all current and future US-Japan Cooperative Research activities in these two important subject areas into a well balanced and coordinated program.