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SCEC Ground Motion Simulations and Engineering Applications Workshop

Participants: 100 maximum

Date: June 25, 2018
Time: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles

Cost: $100

Convener: Christine Goulet
Date: June 25, 2018
Location: Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles

OVERVIEW: As non-linear response history analyses becomes more prevalent in practice, the need for close-in, large magnitude records similarly increases. However, there is still a paucity of data for those types of records. In addition, the desire to perform site-specific analyses representing the most plausible ground motions at a site have increased the need to use simulated ground motion time series. The ground motions can be simulated for specific fault geometries and include the region-specific characteristics of the wave propagation problem. This workshop will highlight recent progress in ground motion simulations and their validation for engineering application uses.

The workshop is hosted by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), which champions several computer-based simulation techniques. We will cover various scientific aspects of ground motion simulations, including the science behind them, the important assumptions underlying their development and their validation for various applications. The workshop is targeted to research and design engineers and will also to cater to scientists interested in ground motion simulations.

MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018

09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and Introduction (PDF, 2.2MB) Christine Goulet
09:10 - 09:40 Overview of Ground Motion Simulations: Physics and Modeling Alternatives (PDF, 6.7MB) Robert Graves
09:40 - 10:00 SCEC Simulation Platforms, Validation Objectives and Techniques (PDF, 1.6MB) Christine Goulet
10:00 - 10:20 CyberShake Validation - Part 1 (PDF, 1.2MB) Kevin Milner
10:20 - 10:45 CyberShake Validation - Part 2 (PDF, 3.9MB) Xiaofeng Meng
10:45 - 11:00 Break  
11:00 - 11:30 Using CyberShake to Define MCER for Tall Buildings (PDF, 3.6MB / PPSX, 49MB) C.B. Crouse
11:30 - 11:50 Selected Set of CyberShake Seismograms (PDF, 2.6MB) Jack Baker
11:50 - 12:15 Verification and Validation of Ground Motion Simulations from a 3D Modeling Perspective (PDF, 3.1MB) Ricardo Taborda
12:15 - 13:00 Lunch  
13:00 - 13:30 Broadband Platform (BBP) Validation for Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration (PDF, 8.5MB) Kathryn Wooddell
13:30 - 13:45 Introduction to Ground Motion Simulation Validation Technical Activity Group (GMSV TAG) (PDF, 2.8MB) Sanaz Rezaeian
13:45 - 14:30 Utilization of Simulated Ground Motions for Nonlinear Dynamic Analyses of Tall Buildings (PDF, 8.2MB) Gregory Deierlein
14:30 - 14:45 Break  
14:45 - 15:00 Access to Selected Subset of Simulated Ground Motions (PDF, 145KB) Ting Lin
15:00 - 15:15 Access to Simulated Ground Motions from the GMSV Project Through the NHERI-CI portal (PDF, 6.4MB) Silvia Mazzoni
15:15 - 15:50 New and Alternative Ideas on Validation Metrics (PDF, 3,7MB) Farzin Zareian
15:50 - 17:00 Discussion and Period of Questions with Panel All

ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTS: ACCESS TO SIMULATED SEISMOGRAMS

1. Crouse Supplement (SCEC UGMS MCER web tool)

Supplements  
Web Access https://data2.scec.org/ugms-mcerGM-tool_v18.4/
   
Related Presentations  
Crouse PDF, 3.6MB

2. Baker Supplement (Selected CyberShake Dataset)

Supplements  
Dataset (includes documentation) ZIP, 30MB
   
Related Presentations  
Baker PDF, 2.6MB

3. Mazzoni Supplements (All BroadBand platform seismograms produced for the GMSV study)

Supplements  
Web Access https://www.designsafe-ci.org/
   
Related Presentations  
Mazzoni (documentation) PDF, 6.4MB

4. Lin Supplements (Selected subset of seismograms from the GMSV study)

The dataset below contains selected recorded and synthetic seismograms per ASCE 7 Standard, with credits to the SCEC research project "Demonstration of the Efficacy of the BBP Validation Gauntlets for Building Response Analysis Application".

Supplements  
Summary documentation PDF, 2MB
Complete dataset RAR, 42MB
   
Related Presentations  
Lin PDF, 145KB