U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Advanced Stability and Seismicity Concepts for Performance-Based Design of Steel and Composite Structures

[0093083]里昂该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于2001年7月24日至27日在日本京都举行的美日研讨会，讨论基于性能的钢结构和复合结构设计的先进稳定性和地震活动性概念。联合组织者是佐治亚理工学院的罗伯托·利昂教授和日本京都大学的渡边英一教授。过去十年见证了上个世纪对城市地区破坏性最大的一些地震。从1994年的北岭地震和1995年的神户地震开始，到1999年的台湾奇奇地震和土耳其科卡埃利地震，这些事件暴露了旧建筑和现代建筑在近场地面运动中的脆弱性，并加强了减轻和限制地震造成的直接和间接经济损失的必要性。这些地震促使美国和日本开展了广泛的研究工作。研讨会将集中讨论在过去六年中所取得的最先进的进展，主要侧重于(a)在Northridge， Hanshin， Kocaeli和Chi-Chi地震之后的经验和研究以及(b)基于性能的钢结构和复合结构抗震设计规范的发展所取得的成就。研讨会的最终成果将是一本专著，讨论当前钢结构建筑抗震设计的最新技术，并确定当前美国和日本实践中的弱点和空白。它还将把注意力集中在有望改善抗震性能的新技术上。研讨会组织者特别努力让年轻的研究人员和博士后作为参与者和观察员。与该领域的日本专家交流想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。关于讨论会的资料将在万维网上分发。

0093083LeonThis award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on advanced stability and seismicity concepts for performance-based design of steel and composite structures to be held in Kyoto, Japan from July 24-27, 2001. The co-organizers are professors Roberto Leon of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor Eiichi Watanabe of the Kyoto University in Japan. The last decade has witnessed some of the most damaging earthquakes to urban areas in the last century. Beginning with the 1994 Northridge and 1995 Kobe Earthquakes, and concluding with the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) and Kocaeli (Turkey) ones, these events have exposed the vulnerability of both older and modern construction to near-field ground motions, and reinforced the need to mitigate and limit direct and indirect economic damage from earthquakes. These earthquakes have led to extensive research efforts in both the U.S. and Japan. The seminar will focus on advances in the state-of-the-art achieved in the last six years, with major emphasis on achievements resulting from (a) experiences of, and research subsequent to the Northridge, Hanshin, Kocaeli, and Chi-Chi earthquakes and (b) the development of performance-based specifications for seismic design of steel and composite structures.The final output from the workshop will be a monograph that discusses the current state-of-the-art in seismic design of steel building, and identifies weaknesses and voids in current American and Japanese practices. It will also focus attention on new technologies that are promising for improving seismic performance. Seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve younger researchers and postdocs as both participants and observers. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Dissemination of information on the seminar will be available on the World Wide Web.