Objective – Day 1: To review and discuss PEER’s accomplishments in each of the areas, with an emphasis on how and where PEER’s research is (or will be) impacting engineering practice.
Session I (45 min) – Engineering
Practice: BUILDINGS (Moderator - Comerio)
• Benchmarking Building Performance
Implied by Design Codes (Deierlein)
• Vision and Links to Building Code
Development (Holmes)
• Comments/Discussion on Development
and Implementation of Practical Building Loss Models (Miranda)
Session II (45 min) – Engineering
Practice: BRIDGES (Moderator - Boulanger)
• Improved Bridge Performance
Through Self-Centering Technologies (Billington)
• PB Design of Bridges Subject to
Ground Deformation and Liquefaction (Bray)
• Comments/Discussion on Performance
Framework for the Multidisciplinary Integration of Innovative Bridge
Design/Construction Technologies (Stojadinovic)
Session III (45 min) – Applications to Distributed Systems (Moderator - Bozorgnia)
• PBEE Approach to Assessment and
Maintenance of Electrical Substation Equip. (Der Kiureghian)
• PBEE Assessment of BART and
Geographically Distributed Networks (John Eidinger)
• Needs and Issues in Open Source Loss
Modeling (Reis)
Session IV (45 min)– Characterization of
Ground Motion Hazard (Moderator - Bozorgnia)
• Products and Impact of the NGA
Project on Engineering Practice (Chiou)
• Guidelines for Selection and Scaling
of Ground Motions for PBEE (Cornell)
• Comments/Discussion of Critical
Needs Beyond NGA (Borzorgnia)
Session III (45 min) – Enabling
Technologies for PBEE (Greg F. and Ahmed)
• Advanced Simulation of 3D Effects
for the Humboldt Bay Bridge (Conte)
• Impact of OpenSees on Earthquake
Engineering Research and Practice (Fenves)
• Practical Technology Needs for PBEE
(Comartin)
This program is tentative and subject to
change.