Workshop on Geotechnical Aspects of the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster of January 17, 1995

这项行动是为了支持一个美日研讨会，讨论1995年1月17日阪神大地震的岩土工程问题和教训，并建立一个合作研究的蓝图和战略计划，将神户地震和其他近期大地震的经验整合到改进的工程和规划实践中。讲习班于1996年1月22日至24日在日本大阪举行。其目的是强调所涉及的关键岩土工程问题，并为美日合作提供一个机制，以启动、完成和最终评估所收集的信息，最终目标是提高认识，并制定方法和程序，以减轻未来地震的影响。该讲习班由不同机构（加州大学戴维斯分校、南加州大学和康奈尔大学）的三位首席研究员组织，从而在北美范围内提供更广泛的技术和地理覆盖，并提高了与日本研究人员协调和合作的能力。日本的几位重要研究人员正在合作策划这次研讨会。它还与调查神户地震的结构工程方面的类似活动进行协调。重点是在资金允许的情况下尽可能多地邀请北美和日本与会者参加，以便提供实现讲习班目标所必需的知识和经验的深度和广度。这些参与者包括那些发起和完成许多研究工作的人，以及那些将这些研究成果付诸实践的人。＊＊＊

9626773 Bardet This action is to support a US-Japan workshop to discuss the geotechnical issues and lessons to be learned from the Great Hanshin (Kobe) earthquake of January 17, 1995, and to establish a blueprint for cooperative research and a strategic plan for integrating the experiences of the Kobe and other recent major earthquakes into improved engineering and planning practices. The workshop is being held in Osaka, Japan, 22-24 January 1996. The objective is to highlight the key geotechnical issues involved and provide a mechanism for US-Japan cooperation in initiating, completing and finally evaluating the information gathered with the ultimate objective of improving understanding and in developing methodologies and procedures to mitigate the effects of future earthquakes. This workshop is being organized by three Principal Investigators at different institutions (the University of California at Davis, the University of Southern California, and Cornell University), thereby providing wider technical and geographic coverage within North America and the increased ability to coordinate and work with researchers in Japan. Several key researchers in Japan are cooperating in the planning of this workshop. It is also being coordinated with similar activities investigating structural engineering aspects of the Kobe earthquake. Emphasis is placed on including as large a participation of North American and Japanese participants as funding allows, in order to provide the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience necessary to accomplish the objectives of the workshop. These participants include those who have initiated and completed many research efforts as well as those who have put the results of such research into practice. ***