US-Japan International Technology Exchange on Shake Table Hybrid Testing

0120634布法罗纽约州立大学的Michael Bruneau教授、东京工业大学的Akira Wada教授和日本京都大学的Masayoshi Nakashima教授共同开展了一项为期六个月的合作研究项目。研究人员将在大规模高性能振动台地震模拟设施中进行混合测试研究。美国PI正在开发世界上最多功能的下一代地震工程研究设施，旨在提供测试能力，这些能力将彻底改变对大型结构在地震中的行为的基本理解，并将以先进的振动台为特色。它是小乔治·E·布朗博物馆的一部分。地震工程模拟网络(NEES)。NEES协作室将包括通过高性能互联网联网的大约20个设备地点(振动台、离心机、海啸波浪池、大型实验室实验系统以及现场实验和监测装置)。科学目标是为NEES项目增加一个新的国际前沿，以便1)促进旨在由日本同行交流经验的国际合作；2)确定这类设施的开发商面临的共同挑战，将这些经验纳入在布法罗和其他NEES地点拟议的设施的实际设计开发/整合中；以及3)培养未来共享设施的合作伙伴关系，以扩大测试能力，以实现共同目标。该项目汇集了具有互补专业知识和研究能力的实验室的努力。通过思想和技术的交流，这个项目将拓宽我们的知识基础，促进国际理解与合作。研究人员计划在NEES网站上公布他们的合作结果。

0120634BruneauThis award supports a six-month collaborative research project between Professor Michael Bruneau of SUNY, Buffalo, Professor Akira Wada of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Masayoshi Nakashima at Kyoto University in Japan. The researchers will be undertaking a study of hybrid testing at large scale high performance shake table earthquake simulation facilities. The U.S. PI's are developing the world's most versatile next generation earthquake engineering research facility designed to provide testing capabilities that will revolutionize the fundamental understanding of how large structures behave during earthquakes and will feature advanced shake tables. It is a part of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). The NEES collaboratory will include approximately 20 equipment sites (shake tables, centrifuges, tsunami wave basin, large-scale laboratory experimentation systems, and field experimentation and monitoring installations) networked together through the high performance Internet. The scientific objective is to add a new international frontier to the NEES project in order to 1) foster international collaboration aimed at exchange of experiences by the Japanese counterparts; 2) identify common challenges facing the developers of such facilities, inclusion of such experiences in the actual design development/integration of the proposed facility at Buffalo and other NEES locations; and 3) cultivate collaborative partnerships for future sharing of facilities to extend testing capabilities to further the common goals. The project brings together the efforts of laboratories that have complementary expertise and research capabilities. Through the exchange of ideas and technology, this project will broaden our knowledge base and promote international understanding and cooperation. The researchers plan to publish the results of their collaborations on the NEES web site.