Evaluating Bridge Reliability Following Natural and Man-Made Hazards in Real-Time: Formulating an International Collaborative Research Program

摘要：实时评估桥梁在自然和人为灾害中的可靠性：制定国际合作研究计划，CMS提案0450420 PI：Ahmet Aktan，Drexel该提案已提交给NSF的结构系统和工程：土木和机械系统部门的结构系统和灾害减轻计划。Steven McCabe博士是项目总监，Galip Ulsoy博士是部门总监。该提案的目的是为一组学术、政府和行业代表从美国前往日本进行三个相关目的的旅行申请小额旅行资助：（a）参加在日本京都举行的国际桥梁管理和安全协会会议（IABMAS？（B）参加定于10月20日在京都举行的国际结构健康监测和智能结构学会（ISHMII）执行理事会会议，（c）参加美国和国际参与者之间的半天研讨会，该研讨会以问题为重点，合作研究项目：10月17日，“通过结构健康监测实时评估公路桥梁在灾害发生后的可靠性”。“为桥梁所有者提供了巨大的购买潜力。这是必要的，以克服大多数桥梁业主不愿意接受新技术，并证明如何利用最新的研究和技术开发支付，通过推进国家的实践，为灾后应急反应和恢复的公路交通基础设施。我们注意到，有共识，政府工程师之间的国家DOT的，如CALTRANS，以及FHWA和USGS认为，公路基础设施关键要素的可靠灾后状况评估可能是迫切需要研究和利用技术来推进实践状态的最紧迫问题。根据利益有关者团体在萨克拉门托、尔湾和伯利恒举行的各种会议，一个由学术界、政府和工业界参与者组成的团体拟订了一个多机构合作研究项目的大纲。这项研究将在2005年1月前的一份提案中详细说明。该合作项目的美国参与者将从各个联邦和州政府机构，特别是NEES计划寻求资金，而欧洲和日本的参与者已经或将从各自的政府获得资金。该项目的大纲和目前的参与者将在下面进一步描述。除了支持美国代表团的旅行，以继续与来自加拿大，欧洲和远东的同行建立非常有益的国际合作，本提案所要求的旅行补助金将继续用于建立两个美国联邦政府机构之间的战略关系，这两个机构负责推进关键基础设施系统的工程和管理。自2003年4月23日以来，NSF和FHWA一直在探索一种协同合作伙伴关系，以发起一项全面和以问题为重点的研究倡议，以加强公路运输基础设施的运营、保护和维护。该计划的设想是利用实际的公路和桥梁作为试验场，这些试验场将被改造成科学研究的现场实验室。还有进一步的机会扩大NSF-FHWA的伙伴关系，包括美国地质调查局和NIST，因为我们预计这些机构的代表也将出席。关于与NSF和FHWA相关的学术界和工业界之间拟议的研究和合作伙伴关系背景的其他信息，请参见提案的以下部分。

Abstract for: Evaluating Bridge Reliability Following Natural and Man-Made Hazards in Real-Time: Formulating an International Collaborative Research Program, CMS proposal 0450420PI: Ahmet Aktan, DrexelThis proposal is being submitted to NSF's Structural Systems and Engineering: StructuralSystems and Hazards Mitigation of Structures program of the Division of Civil andMechanical Systems. Dr. Steven McCabe is the Program Director and Dr. Galip Ulsoy is theDivision Director. The objective of the proposal is to solicit a small travel grant for agroup of academic, government and industry representatives to travel from the US to Japanfor three related purposes: (a) Participating at the International Association for BridgeManagement and Safety Conference at Kyoto, Japan (IABMAS?04, 18-22 October, 2004), (b)Participating at a meeting of the Executive Council of the International Society forStructural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructures (ISHMII) that is beingarranged to take place at Kyoto on October 20, (c) Participating at a half-day Workshopbetween the US and International participants of a problem-focused collaborative researchproject: "Evaluating the Reliability of Highway Bridges In Real-Time Following Hazards ByStructural Health Monitoring" during 17 October.The research project for "Bridge Reliability Following Hazards.." offers significantpotential for buy-in from bridge owners. This is necessary to overcome the reluctance ofmost bridge owners to embrace new technology and to demonstrate how leveraging recentresearch and technology development pays by advancing the state-of-practice forpost-hazard emergency response and recovery of the highway transportation infrastructure.We note that there is consensus between government engineers from State DOT's such asCALTRANS, as well as FHWA and USGS that reliable post-hazard condition assessment ofcritical elements of the highway infrastructure is perhaps the single most pressingproblem urgently requiring research and leveraging of technology for advancing thestate-of-practice. Based on various meetings between groups of stakeholders at Sacramento,Irvine and Bethlehem, the outline of a collaborative multi-institutional research projecthas been formulated by a group of academic, government and industry participants. Theresearch will be detailed in a proposal before January '05. The US participants of thiscollaborative project will be soliciting funding from various federal and state governmentagencies, and especially the NEES Program, while the European and Japanese participantsalready have or will receive funding from their respective governments. The outline ofthis project and the current participants will be described further in the following.In addition to supporting the travel of a US delegation to continue building an extremelyrewarding international collaboration with their counterparts from Canada, Europe and theFar East, a travel grant requested by this proposal will continue to serve for building astrategic relationship between the two U.S. federal government agencies that haveresponsibility for advancing the engineering and management of critical infrastructuresystems. Since 23 April 2003, NSF and FHWA have been exploring a synergistic partnershipfor launching a holistic and problem-focused research initiative to enhance theoperations, protection and preservation of the highway transportation infrastructure. Thisprogram is envisioned to take advantage of actual highways and bridges as test-sites thatwill be transformed into field laboratories for scientific research. There is furtheropportunity to expand an NSF-FHWA partnership by including USGS and NIST as we expect thatdelegates from these latter agencies will also be present. Additional information on thebackground of the proposed partnership for research and collaborations between theacademic and industry communities associated with NSF and FHWA is presented in thefollowing sections of the proposal.