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SCEC Workshop on Earthquake Ground Motion Simulation and Validation

Conveners: Phil Maechling (USC/SCEC), Tom Jordan (USC), Nico Luco (USGS), Sanaz Rezaeian (USGS)
Dates: September 7, 2014 (09:00 – 17:00)
Location: Hilton Palm Springs Resort, Palm Springs, CA

The SCEC Community Modeling Environment (CME) and the SCEC Ground Motion Simulation Validation (GMSV) Technical Activity Group will convene a full-day workshop focused on earthquake ground motion simulation and validation. One objective of this workshop is to communicate recent progress performing and improving ground motion simulation methods with the broader SCEC research community. A second objective is to continue SCEC’s collaborative effort with the earthquake engineering community in the development of validation methods required to accelerate the introduction of physics-based ground motion simulations into engineering use.

Session 1 (Morning) Recent Advances in Ground Motion Simulation Methods: SCEC’s CME research collaboration uses a system science approach to develop and improve physics-based ground motion modeling computational methods. CME researchers are improving ground motion simulation methods by integrating better geophysical models, more realistic earthquake source descriptions, improved physics in ground motion simulation software, and advanced computational software and systems. Session One will focus on recent scientific and engineering results from SCEC ground motion simulation modelers and recent improvements to computational software and methods.

Session 2 (Afternoon) Development of Ground Motion Simulation Validation Methods: SCEC’s GMSV activity is a collaboration between scientists and engineers to develop and implement testing and rating methodologies for simulated ground motions to be used in engineering applications. Session Two will discuss recent experience and progress from engineering projects that are collaborating with SCEC on the evaluation and use of ground motion simulation methods. This session will also discuss the goals and practical challenges that must be addressed to implement and use proposed ground motion validation methodologies.

Session 3 (Concluding Hour): Development of an Integrated Ground Motion Simulation Validation Program: Ground motion simulation improvements are expected to come from diverse sources, including improved geophysical model inputs, the use of more realistic physics in simulations, and improved computational methodologies. The concluding session will develop the outline for an integrated validation program, covering all these areas, involving scientists and engineers, that will accelerate the use of ground motion modeling methods by engineering users.

For more information, please contact the conveners.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

09:00-09:15 Overview of SCEC/CME Computational Research P. Maechling
09:15-09:30 Full 3D Tomography Development P. Chen / E. Lee
09:30-09:45 Hercules High Frequency Simulations R. Taborda / J. Bielak
09:45-10:00 AWP High Frequency Simulations K. Olsen
10:00-10:30 Discussion: Future Ground Motion Simulations All
10:30-10:45 Break  
10:45-11:00 CyberShake Physics-based PSHA T. Jordan
11:00-11:10 Unified Community Velocity Model (UCVM) Software D. Gill
11:10-11:20 Broadband Platform (BBP) Software F. Silva
11:20-11:30 High Performance Computing (HPC) Software Y. Cui
11:30-12:00 Discussion: Future Software Developments All
12:00-13:00 Lunch  
13:00-13:15 Overview of GMSV TAG and Related Efforts S. Rezaeian
13:15-13:35 Evaluation of SCEC Broadband Platform Phase 1 Ground Motion Simulation Results C. Goulet
13:35-13:55 Validation needs of the SCEC Committee for Utilization of Ground Motion Simulations (UGMS) C.B. Crouse
13:55-14:10 Discussion All
14:10-14:30 Validation of Ground Motion Simulations through Simple Proxies for the Response of Engineered Systems J. Baker
14:30-14:50 Validation of Simulated Ground Motions Based on Evolution of Intensity and Frequency Content F. Zareian
14:50-15:05 Discussion All
15:05-15:25 Use and Validation of Simulated Earthquakes for Nonlinear Performance Assessment of Tall Buildings Considering Spectral Shape and Duration G. Deierlein / N. Bijelic / T. Lin
15:25-15:45 Validation of the Duration of Simulated Ground Motions to Be Used in Analysis of Geotechnical Systems J. Stewart / K. Afshari
15:45-16:00 Strawman GMSV TAG Plans for Next Year and SCEC5 N. Luco
16:00-17:00 Discussion: SCEC5 and Towards an Integrated Earthquake Ground Motion Simulation and Validation Program All

PARTICIPANTS:

Brad Aagaard (USGS)
Niloufar Abolfathian (USC)
Kioumars Afshari (UCLA)
Kali Allison (Stanford)
Pablo Ampuero (Caltech)
John Anderson (UNR)
Joe Andrews (retired)
Ralph Archuleta (UCSB)
Domniki Asimaki (Caltech)
Gail Atkinson (Western U)
Shima Azizzadehroodpish (Memphis)
Austin Baca (Cal Poly Pomona)
Kangchen Bai (Caltech)
Jack Baker (Stanford)
Jason Ballmann (SCEC)
Sheila Bart (Old Dominion)
Jennifer Bautista (LA Pierce College)
Jeff Bayless (URS)
Yehuda Ben-Zion (USC)
Glenn Biasi (UNR)
Jacobo Bielak (CMU)
Nenad Bijelic (Stanford)
Adrian Borsa (UCSD/SIO)
Yousef Bozorgnia (PEER)
Brendon Bradley (U of Canterbury)
Lucile Bruhat (Stanford)
Scott Callaghan (SCEC)
Jose Cardona (CSUN)
Ray Chiou (NAVFAC EXWC)
Luis Cortes (Etiwanda HS)
Tom Crane (CSUSB)
C.B. Crouse (URS)
Yifeng Cui (SDSC)
Luis Dalguer (swissnuclear)
Greg Deierlein (Stanford)
Marine Denolle (IGPP, SIO)
Paulo Dos Santos (U of Colorado)
Kenneth Duru (Stanford)
Hamed Ebrahimian (UCSD)
Ahmed Elbanna (UIUC)
Omid Esmaili (UCI)
Wenyuan Fan (SIO/UCSD)
Jackie Felix (CSUN)
Jose Luis Garcia-Reyes (Caltech)
Matt Gerstenberger (GNS Science)
Jacqui Gilchrist (UCR)
David Gill (SCEC / USC)
Christine Goulet (PEER)
Rob Graves (USGS)
Abhineet Gupta (Stanford)
Jennifer Haase (UCSD/SIO)
Ruth Harris (USGS)
Mike Herrman (Cal Poly Pomona)
Kennis Ho (Cal Poly Pomona)
Caroline Holden (GNS Science)
Justin Hollenback (PEER)
Charlie Hoots (UNM)
Mehran Hosseini (USC)
Mehrdad Hosseini (URS)
Mong-Han Huang (UC Berkeley)
Brittany Huerta (CSUN)
Allie Hutchison (UCR)
Seokho Jeong (U of Canterbury)
Tom Jordan (USC)
Frank Jordan, Jr. (DOGGR)
Parham Khoshmanesh (ASU)
Naeem Khoshnevis (U of Memphis)
Christos Kyriakopoulos (UCR)
Annie Lamontagne (UCSB)
Nadia Lapusta (Caltech)
En-Jui Lee (SCEC)
Ting Lin (Marquette U)
Xin Liu (USC)
Masha Liukis (SCEC)
Julian Lozos (Stanford)
Nico Luco (USGS)
Dave Lynch (USGS)
Shuo Ma (SDSU)
Phil Maechling (SCEC / USC)
Martin Mai (KAUST)
Sam Mak (GFZ-Potsdam)
Nasser Marafi (U of Washington)
Warner Marzocchi (INGV)
Anthony Massari (Caltech)
Nanae Matsubara (Arakawaoki PS)
Makoto Matsubara (NIED (Japan))
Alexa McBean (UNR)
Kevin McBean (UNR)
John McRaney (SCEC / USC)
Qingjun Meng (UCSC)
Haoran Meng (USC)
Kevin Milner (SCEC)
Marc Moya (CJUHSD)
Rosa Nguyen (Cal Poly Pomona)
Shunta Noda (RTRI)
Shunichi Nomura (ISM (Japan))
David Oglesby (UCR)
Kim Olsen (SDSU)
Velveth Perez (LA Pierce College)
Arben Pitarka (LLNL)
Santiago Rabade Garcia (UNAM)
Lina Ramirez (Pierce College)
Leo Ramirez-Guzman (UNAM)
Sohom Ray (Tufts U)
Francisco Raygoza (PCC)
Sanaz Rezaeian (USGS)
Tom Rockwell (SDSU)
Daniel Roten (SDSC)
Braden Ruddy (Cal Poly Pomona)
John Rundle (UCD)
Kenny Ryan (UCR)
Valerie Sahakian (SIO)
William Savran (UCSD/SDSU)
Tim Sellnow (Kentucky)
Alicia Sellsted (Washington State)
Nader Shakibay Senobari (UCR)
Bruce Shaw (LDEO)
Jian Shi (Caltech)
Zheqiang Shi (SDSU)
Kerry Sieh (NTU/EOS)
Fabio Silva (SCEC / USC)
Andreas Skarlatoudis (URS)
Norm Sleep (Stanford)
Patrick Small (SCEC)
Paul Somerville (URS)
Xin Song (USC)
Kathleen Springer (SBCM)
Aviel Stern (UMASS)
Jon Stewart (UCLA)
Anne Strader (UCLA)
Ricardo Taborda (CERI)
Rumi Takedatsu (SDSU)
Leon Teng (USC)
Shinji Toda (Tohoku U)
Daniel Trugman (SIO)
Kenichi Tsuda (ORI (Japan))
Sarah Vargas (Chaffey College)
John Vidale (U of Washington)
Michael Vine (U of Cambridge, England)
Weitao Wang (CEA)
Shengji Wei (Caltech)
Charles Williams (GNS Science)
Kyle Withers (SDSU/UCSD)
Xiaohua Xu (IGPP, SIO)
Lian Xue (UCSC)
Farzin Zareian (UCI)
Yuehua Zeng (USGS)
Peng Zhong (PBEE-UCI)

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