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Author
Ballantyne, D. B.
Coporate
EQE International, Inc., Seattle, WA
Sponsor
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD National Science Foundation, Washington, DC Public Works Research Institute, Japan
Contract
NSF-GRANT-CMS-9732398
Book or Conf
U.S./Japan Work on Earthquake Disater Prevention for Lifeline Systems, 7th Proceedings. November 4-7, 1997, Seattle, WA, Ballantyne, D., Editors, 521 p., 1998
Keywords
earthquakes | disasters | lifelines | damage | economic factors
Identifiers
Northridge earthquake, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, Monday, January 17, 1994; Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake (Kobe), Great Hanshin Disaster, Japan, January 17, 1995; seismic damage of lifeline facilities; seismic behavior of lifeline facilities; socio-economic impacts of seismic damage to lifeline facilities; seismic damage estimation and prediction for lifeline facilities; research and development in earthquake disaster prevention technology; lifeline facilites and urban earthquake disaster prevention
Abstract
This is the first workshop where adequate time has passed to have allowed research of the 1994 Northridge, and 1995 Hanshin earthquakes. The U.S. and Japan are both leaders in earthquake engineering, but do not always excel in the same areas. Both countries can benefit from the exchange of ideas developed across the Pacific in a different technological and academic environment. For the last 20 years, the U.S. and Japan have supported exchange of information though technical meetings focusing on lifeline earthquake engineering. One ongoing activity has meetings under the auspices of the U.S.-Japan Natural Resources (UJNR) program. There have been six previous workshops organized by the Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects of the UJNR program with specific focus on the seismic performance of lifelines: [*] U.S.-Japan Workshop on Lifeline Systems, Washington DC, 1984, [*] Second U.S.-Japan Workshop on Seismic Behavior of Buried Pipelines and Telecommunication Systems, Tskuba, Japan, 1984, [*] Third U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems, Tsukuba, Japan, 1989, [*] Fourth U.S.-Japan Workshop *on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems, Los Angeles, California, 1991, [*] Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems, Tsukuba, Japan, 1992, [*] Sixth U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems, Osaka, Japan, 1995. The following proceedings document the results of the Seventh U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems. This workshop was jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the U.S. and the Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) of Japan. The workshop was held at Cavanaugh's on Fifth Avenue, in Seattle, Washington, between November 4 and 7,1997. The workshop was organized by Task Committee F, "Disaster Prevention Methods for Lifeline Systems" UJNR Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. Mr. Donald Ballantyne of EQE International, Dr. Riley Chung of NIST, and Dr. Koichi Yokoyama of PWRI led the organization of this workshop. The workshop focused on the current research and implementation activities of both countries. Papers addressed case studies related to seismic vulnerability assessment and design and retrofit of various lifeline systems. Particular emphasis was given to studies that summarize the recent performance of lifeline systems in major U.S. and Japanese earthquakes.