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Workshop on the Use of SCEC Seismogram Simulations for Building Response Analysis

Conveners: Sanaz Rezaeian and Nicolas Luco
Dates: February 16, 2018 (10:00 - 16:30)
Location: SCEC Boardroom, USC, Los Angeles
SCEC Award and Report: 17185

SUMMARY: Computer simulations of earthquake ground motion seismograms (e.g., time series of ground acceleration) are among the various products of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) and other earthquake scientists. For earthquake engineering and other applications, such seismogram simulations can be used to complement data recorded in past earthquakes. Convened by a subgroup of the SCEC Ground Motion Simulation Validation (GMSV) Technical Activity Group (TAG), this workshop will connect scientists who perform seismogram simulations with engineers who might use them. The discussion will be focused mostly on the use of SCEC Broadband Platform seismogram simulations for building response analysis by structural engineers. 

Presentation slides may be downloaded by clicking the links following the title. PLEASE NOTE: Files are the author’s property. They may contain unpublished or preliminary information and should only be used while viewing the talk.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2018

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome and Introductions (PDF, 2.7MB) John Vidale / Attendees
10:10 - 10:15 Objectives (PDF, 255KB) Nicolas Luco
10:15 - 10:45 Overview of ground motion seismogram simulation and validation (PDF, 1.4MB) Sanaz Rezaeian 
10:45 - 11:45 The science and software of SCEC seismogram simulations (PDF, 1.3MB) Robert Graves / Christine Goulet
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch  
12:30 - 13:30 Validation of SCEC seismogram simulations (PDF, 2.9MB; PDF, 4.2MB) Nicolas Luco / Farzin Zareian
13:30 - 15:15 Demonstrations of the use and validation of SCEC seismogram simulations for building response analysis (PDF, 9.7MB) Gregory Deierlein / Ting Lin
14:15 - 14:30 Break  
14:30 - 15:15 Demonstrations of the use and validation of SCEC seismogram simulations for building response analysis (continued)  
15:15 - 15:45 Access to SCEC seismogram simulations (PDF, 3MB) Philip Maechling / Fabio Silva
15:45 - 16:30 Discussion of next steps Attendees
16:30 Adjourn  

PARTICIPANTS

*Brad Aagaard (USGS)
*Ralph Archuleta
Bob Bachman (R.E. Bachman)
Nenad Bijelic (Stanford)
C.B. Crouse (AECOM)
*John Egan (SAGE)
Geoffrey Ely (Temblor)
Josh Gebelein (SEAOSC)
Ramin Golesorkhi (Langan)
Christine Goulet (USC)
Robert Graves (USGS)
Ken Hudnut (USGS)
Marty Hudson (Wood)
Jongwon Lee (Arup)
Marshall Lew (Amec Foster Wheeler)
Ting Lin (Marquette)
Doug Lindquist (Hart Crowser, Inc)
Nico Luco (USGS)
Philip Maechling (USC)
*Silvia Mazzoni (UC Berkeley)
Morgan Moschetti (USGS)
*Farzad Naeim (Farzad Naeim, Inc)
*Chukwuebuka Nweke (UCLA)
Kim Olsen (SDSU)
Sanaz Rezaeian (USGS)
Jon Stewart (UCLA)
*Ali Sumer (OSHPD-FDD)
Ricardo Taborda (U Memphis)
John Vidale (USC)
Wen-Yi Yen (Stanford)
Kuanshi Zhong (Stanford)

*Remote Participants

SELECTED SUBSET OF SEISMOGRAMS

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".

File Description Download Link
Summary documentation PDF, 2MB
Complete dataset RAR, 42MB