SERIES Concluding Workshop Joint with US-NEES

Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructures

Conclusions and Recommendations

In memory of Prof. Roy Severn

JRC-Ispra, May 28-30, 2013

Workshop Sessions

1. Hybrid Testing 2. Transnational Access to Centrifuge Facilities 3. US-NEES Developments 4. SERIES networking activities 5. Transnational Access to Shake Table Facilities on Masonry, RC and

steel structures 6. Transnational Access to Shake Table Facilities on wood

structures/General on experimental Facilities 7. Analytical and Experimental Work on soil structure interaction, wave

propagation and field testing, including SERIES Transnational access to Shaking Table Facilities

8. Analytical and Experimental Techniques/SERIES transnational Access to Reaction Wall Facility

Outline for Summary for Roundtable Discussions

• Motivation for EU-USA Collaboration

• Areas of Possible Collaboration

• Challenges to Collaboration

• Possible Framework to foster collaboration

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1School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, USA

2Department of Civil, Environment and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38123, Trento, Italy.

Special Session on Hybrid Testing (Simulation)

Roundtable Discussion (about 20 min)

Chairs: Shirley Dyke1 and Oreste S. Bursi 2

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Some issues from the Hybrid Simulation Session

Areas of Presentations: • CONTROL ALGORITHMS • TIME INTEGRATION ALGORITHMS • NUMERICAL TOOLS • SOFTWARE/PLATFORMS/FRAMEWORKS • CASE STUDIES

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Challenges and Opportunities: • Ensuring that tools can be used broadly and not re-invented • Standards for communication so that tools can work together • Common metrics for evaluating performance, benchmark problems • As a community, better delineate and communicate the needs for this

technology • Demonstrate what can be achieved with hybrid simulation, especially when

traditional methods cannot be used Framework for Collaboration: • trans-atlantic collaborations through demonstration project or benchmark

problem to illustrate the power of hybrid simulation, or workshops to make specific plans for moving forward

• invite researchers from the EU to join Quake Summit, August 6-8, 2013 for the Hybrid simulation working meeting and the annual meeting

• student exchanges may be an option for expanding the collaboration • training of students in the use of open-source tools and methods • perhaps a short course or other activity to increase awareness and enable

new users

Other Sessions Possible Collaborations

• Opportunities 1. Interoperability of

Databases • Shared Ontology • Case Studies

2. Share facilities best practices: training and certification protocols

3. Hybrid Simulation 4. Dissemination 5. Access to facilities 6. Service to industry

• Challenges 1. Funding

2. Coordination of activities

3. Identification of partners

4. Standards for Interoperability

5. Dissemination of global success stories

Possible Framework for Collaboration

Workshop Recommendations

• Dissemination of workshop outcomes

– Date for submittal of written contribution:

• Encourage Collaboration:

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