VORTEX-Winds: A Virtual Organization for Reducing the Toll of EXtreme Winds on Society

提案编号：CBET-0742191主要研究者：Kareem，Ahsan附属机构： 圣母大学提案标题：涡旋风：一个虚拟组织，以减少对社会的极端风相关的灾难造成巨大的破坏建筑环境，并导致惊人的死亡人数，这可能会继续上升，在未来的风险增加，因为人口向海岸迁移。为了更好地管理极端风事件的影响，考虑到设计过程中对经验和实验信息的严重依赖，需要一种利用共享资源和全球合作的新范式。为了解决这一关键问题，提出了一个虚拟组织，以减少极端风的通行费（涡风），这将使这样一个范式的转变，通过提供实时共享访问地理上分散的资源，更有效的研究和教育领域的风对结构的影响。本提案的目标是：（i）建立和维持这样一个虚拟社区，以减轻风灾害;（ii）加强这个社区？的分析和设计能力，以应对风力带来的下一代挑战;和（iii）促进该领域未来劳动力的教育和培训。通过一系列与灵活的架构和接口联网的工具和服务，以实时支持研究和教育目标，VORTEX-Winds承诺通过协同，理解和模拟风-结构相互作用的综合方法。因此，VORTEX-Winds将使那些受个人研究工具限制的人受益，使他们能够解决风带来的复杂问题，以支持更广泛的利益相关者社区。同时，也许更重要的是，VORTEX-Winds将带来设计行业目前缺乏的分析能力？该公司的下一代电子信息/数据交换平台，建筑信息模型（BIM），以加强其最终用户的竞争优势，参与全球新兴的基础设施发展，并确保其安全性和性能在极端风事件。此外，EVO将提供一个互动知识库，旨在汇总和集中合作实验室的共享知识，包括风维基、损害数据库、服务台/常见问题、公告板和课程工具，以促进传播和教育。其结果将是一个社区作为一个整体，更好地解决在该领域的下一个前沿。

Proposal Number: CBET-0742191Principal Investigator: Kareem, AhsanAffiliation: University of Notre DameProposal Title: VORTEX-Winds: A Virtual Organization for Reducing the Toll of EXtreme Winds on SocietyWind-related catastrophes inflict enormous devastation on the built environment and result in a staggering number of fatalities, which may continue to rise in the future given the increase in exposure as population migrates towards the coasts. To better manage the impact of extreme wind events, given the heavy reliance on empirical and experimental information in the design process, a new paradigm is required that utilizes shared resources and global collaborations. In order to address this critical issue, a Virtual Organization for Reducing the Toll of EXtreme Winds (VORTEX-Winds) is proposed that would enable such a paradigm shift by offering real-time shared access to geographically dispersed resources for more effective research and education in the area of wind effects on structures. The goals of this proposal are (i) to establish and sustain such a virtual community for wind hazard mitigation; (ii) to enhance this community?s analysis and design capabilities to address next generation challenges posed by wind; and (iii) to facilitate education and training of the future workforce in the field.Through a collection of tools and services networked with a flexible architecture and interfaces to support research and education objectives in real-time, VORTEX-Winds promises to enhance the capability of its members and end users beyond their current resources through a synergistic, integrative approach to understanding and modeling wind-structure interactions. Thus, VORTEX-Winds will benefit those otherwise limited by their personal research tools, allowing them to address complex problems posed by wind in support of the wider stakeholder community.Meanwhile, and perhaps more importantly, VORTEX-Winds will bring the analytical muscle currently lacking in the design industry?s next generation electronic information/data interchange platform, Building Information Modeling (BIM), to strengthen the competitive edge of its end users involved in the burgeoning infrastructure development around the world and ensure its safety and performance in extreme wind events. In addition, the EVO will offer an interactive knowledge base intended to aggregate and centralize the shared knowledge of the collaboratory, including a wind-wiki, damage database, help desk/FAQ, bulletin boards and curriculum tools to facilitate dissemination and education. The result will be a community as a whole better positioned to address the next frontiers in the field.