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NEES@15WCEE

15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, September 24-28, 2012

http://15wcee.org/

Visit the NEES booth for NEEShub demonstrations and be sure to attend the following sessions and presentations on NEES research:

Oral Presentations

September 25, 9:15 AM

• 0900 - Performance-Based Seismic Retrofit Procedure for Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings with Excessive Torsion (John van de Lindt)
• 0925 - The NEES-Soft Project: Seismic Risk Reduction for Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings (John van de Lindt)

September 26, 11:30 AM

• - Recent Enhancements to the NEES@UCSB Permanently Instrumented Field Sites
• 5101 - NEES/E-Defense Tests: Seismic Performance of Ceiling / Sprinkler Piping Nonstructural Systems in Base Isolated and Fixed Base Building

September 26, 2:45 PM

• 2054 - NEES/E-Defense Base-Isolation Tests: Effectiveness of Friction Pendulum and Lead-Rubber Bearings Systems

September 27, 2012, 9:15 AM

Advances in Real-Time Hybrid Simulation (Special Session)

Oral Presentations include:

• 3178 - Partitioned time integration methods for hybrid simulators
• 4216 - Real-Time Hybrid Simulation of Complex Structures using Multi-Actuator Control
• 0507 - Nearly-perfect Compensation for Time Delay in Real-time Hybrid Simulation
• 5567 - Real-Time Hybrid Simulations of a Large-Scale Steel Frame Building with Magneto-Rheological Dampers
• 5268 - Verification of Real-Time Hybrid Simulation with Shake Table Tests: Phase 2 – Development of Control Algorithms

September 28, 2012, 11:30 AM

Infrastructures and Collaborations for Research in Earthquake Engineering (Special Session)

Oral Presentations include:

• 1333 - Development of Large Scale Testing Facilities and Cyber Infrastructure in Korea by KOCED Program
• 1632 - NEES:  Reducing the Impact of EQs and Tsunamis
• 3001 - Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies (SERIES)
• 4695 - Advances in the Development and Application of Large Scale Experimental Methods in Earthquake Engineering through the EU FP7 SERIES Project 

e.Posters

September 27, 2012

• 0901 - Shape Memory Alloy Dampers for Response Modification of Light-Frame Wood Buildings (John van de Lindt)
• 1269 - NEES/E-Defense Base Isolation Tests: Performance of Triple-Pendulum Bearings
• 5530 - Dissemination of Earthquake Related Research Activities through the use of Online Educational Modules (Charles Chadwell)