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Frontiers of Earthquake Engineering

Anchorage, Alaska
July 21-25, 2014

The National Conference on Earthquake Engineering is hosted every four years by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). EERI's 2014 Annual Meeting is included as part of the 10NCEE.

Conference Program

You can view the daily program by clicking on any of the above session types or click on “Search Presentations” to see a list of all conference presentations. You can also search the entire program by author, paper id, or keywords using the search box above. If you have any concerns about the program please contact 10ncee@eeri.org.

Tuesday July 22, 2014: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Bridge Structures PostersShow/HideBridge Structures

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Numerical Simulation for Shaking Table Tests of Bridges with Exposed Pile Foundation (ID 645)
Chun-Yao Wang, National Chung-Hsing University; Kuang-Yen Liu, National Ceneter for Research on Earthquake Engienering; Shin-Tai Song, National Chung-Hsing University;

Structural Behavior and Response Analysis of Aramid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Bridge Column Under Combined Loading (ID 671)
Steve Efe, Morgan State University; Monique Head, Morgan State University;

APPLICATION OF SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES IN THE SEISMIC ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE-BASED DESIGN OF CONTINUOUS LONG-SPAN RC BRIDGES (ID 1676)
Marco Escamilla, National Autonomous University of Mexico,; A Gustavo Ayala, National Autonomous University of Mexico,;

Buildings, Structural and Non-Structural Systems I PostersShow/HideBuildings, Structural and Non-Structural Systems

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Performance of Slender Reinforced Concrete Walls under Significant Lateral Loads (ID 10)
James Lafave, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ahraaz Qureishi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dawn Lehman, University of Washington; Steven Mccabe, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Travis Welt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;

Proposed new approach for the seismic evaluation testing of suspended ceiling systems (ID 24)
Amir Gilani, Miyamoto International; Lee Tedesco, United States Gypsum Company; Shakhzod Takhirov, University of California at Berkeley;

Fragility functions and seismic performance of Peruvian thin RC wall buildings (ID 41)
Luis Quiroz Torres, Chiba University; Yoshihisa Maruyama, Chiba University;

The Capacity Spectrum Method: Evaluation Against The Measured Response of a Nine-Story Structure - NEES Research (ID 109)
Ying Wang, Purdue University; Santiago Pujol, Purdue University;

Estimating the Peak Inelastic Displacement of Steel SMRF Deteriorating Structures Subjected to Series of Strong Ground Motions (ID 110)
Pedram Khajehhesameddin, Purdue University; Ayhan Irfanoglu, Purdue University; Thomas Hacker, Purdue University;

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Steel Pipe Support Structures (ID 192)
Yasser Salem, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ahmed Nasr, California State University Long Beach;

QUANTIFYING PARAMETERS THAT ENSURE LARGE DEFORMABILITY OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT RC BUILDINGS IN HIGH SEISMIC REGIONS (ID 222)
Palissery Sunitha, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; C.V.R Murty, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Rupen Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology Madras;

Improved Design of Concrete Flat-slab Buildings for Seismic Effectiveness and Prevention of Blast Induced Progressive Collapse (ID 247)
Yossi Reichman, Israel standard Institues, ISI; Matti Adan, Ariel University- Israel;

Seismic Shear-Motion Features and Parametric Identification of Muilti-Story Buildings (ID 249)
Ruichong Zhang, Colorado School of Mines;

Effects of bracing configuration on seismic behavior of tall steel structures subjected to earthquake ground motions (ID 286)
Hediyeh Sheikh, Kharazmi University; Ali Massumi, Kharazmi University;

Development of a Soft Layer for Seismic Response Modification of Structural Masonry Walls (ID 287)
Nebojsa Mojsilovic, ETH Zurich; Bozidar Stojadinovic, ETH Zurich;

The reasons for the trends in torsional effects in asymmetric-plan buildings (ID 382)
Jui-Liang Lin, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering; Keh-Chyuan Tsai, National Taiwan University; Ming-Chieh Chuang, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering;

Seismic performance of damaged buildings in 2010 Chile offshore Maule earthquake (ID 385)
Tomoya Matsui, Toyohashi University of Technology; Naoki Kawai, Toyohashi University of Technology; Satoshi Kumagai, Toyohashi University of Technology;

Experimental and Analytical Study of Innovative Shape Memory Alloy-based FRP Composite Reinforcement for Seismic Applications (ID 396)
Bassem Andrawes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Adeel Zafar, University of Illinois;

Hysteretic behavior of lightly reinforced walls for housing (ID 426)
Julian Carrillo, New Granada Military University, UMNG; Fabian Echeverri, New Granada Military University, UMNG; Sergio M. Alcocer, National University of Mexico, UNAM;

ROTATION, MATERIAL STRAINS, AND ENERGY DISSIPATION CHANGES OF RC FRAMES AT DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE LEVELS ESTABLISHED IN THE ASCE 41-06 SEISMIC REHABILITATION CODE (ID 526)
Aidcer Vidot-Vega, UPRM; Merangeli Morales, UPRM;

Seismic behavior of unbonded post-tensioned masonry walls (ID 529)
Mohamed Elgawady, Missouri University of Science and Technology;

Development of a Rocking-Period Centered Protocol for Shake Table Testing of Stiff Components (ID 688)
Tara Hutchinson, University of California, San Diego; Christine Wittich, University of California, San Diego;

INELASTIC DEFORMATION RATIOS FOR NONSTRUCTURAL COMPONENTS SUBJECTED TO FLOOR ACCELERATIONS (ID 767)
Juan Obando, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Diego Lopez-Garcia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile;

Quality Issues of Seismic Restraints for Non-Structural Building Components Subject to Extreme Conditions (ID 778)
Martin Deveci, Acrefine Engineering;

Seismic Qualification of Rocking Objects in Canadian Nuclear Power Plants (ID 845)
Amitabh Dar, Bruce Power; Dimitrios Konstantinidis, McMaster University; Wael El-Dakhakhni, McMaster University;

Seismic Behavior of Welded Unreinforced Flange-Welded Web Moment Connections (ID 859)
Sang Whan Han, Hanyang University; Jin Jung, Hanyang University; Ki Hoon Moon, Hanyang University;

Buildings, Structural and Non-Structural Systems II PostersShow/HideBuildings, Structural and Non-Structural Systems

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Evaluation of collector design for concrete diaphragms (ID 933)
Jeremiah Legrue, Hohbach-Lewin, Inc.;

Simplified Method of Seismic Damage Prediction and Visualization for R/C Building Structures (ID 941)
Noriyuki Takahashi, Tohoku University;

MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTAL PLAN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WALLS WITH MINIMUM VERTICAL REINFORCEMENT - NEES Research (ID 991)
Yiqiu Lu, The University of Auckland; Quincy Ma, The Universiry of Auckland; Richard Henry, The University of Auckland;

Extension of Displacement-Based Assessment to Infilled RC Frames (ID 993)
Luca Landi, University of Bologna; Annalisa Tardini, University of Bologna; Pier Paolo Diotallevi, University of Bologna;

High-Yield-Drift Steel Moment Frames (ID 1036)
Paul Richards, Brigham Young University; Daniel Miller, Brigham Young University;

Experimental Study of Target Demands to Minimize Seismic Induced Content Disruption - NEES Research (ID 1054)
Jean Guzman Pujols, University of Nevada, Reno;

Comprehensive Evaluation of Post-Tensioning Anchorage Systems for Seismic Resilient Rocking Wall Structures - NEES Research (ID 1132)
Eric Musselman, Villanova University; Daniel Abramson, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matthew Fournier, University of Minnesota Duluth; Sri Sritharan, Iowa State University;

Structural Health Monitoring Through Dense Instrumentation by Community Participants: the Community Seismic Network and the Quake-Catcher Network (ID 1182)
Monica Kohler, California Institute of Technology; Ming Hei Cheng, California Institute of Technology; Prastuti Singh, California Institute of Technology; Thomas Heaton, California Institute of Technology;

Seismic Responses of Structures Retrofitted with SPSW Systems Using LYP Infill Plates (ID 1263)
Jian Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles; Tadeh Zirakian, University of California, Los Angeles;

The Next Generation Seismic Design for Reinforced Concrete Beam-column Joints (ID 1277)
Hitoshi Shiohara, The University of Tokyo; Fumio Kusuhara, The University of Tokyo;

Typology of Buildings in India for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment (ID 1294)
Ravi Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Alok Goyal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Ashish Sapre, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Mahendra Meena, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Rohan Shinde, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay;

Observations and Findings from Field Surveys for Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings in Western India (ID 1295)
Ravi Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Alok Goyal, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Ashish Sapre, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Mahendra Meena, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Rohan Shinde, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay;

Shear Strength Prediction Of Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams With Web Openings (ID 1353)
Chien Chuang Tseng, National Taiwan University; Shyh-Jiann Hwang, National Taiwan University;

On the Influence of In-Plane Damages on the Out-of-Plane Behavior of Unreinforced Masonry Structures (ID 1402)
Kiarash Dolatshahi, Sharif University of Technology; Alireza Mahdizadeh, State Organization of Schools Renovation Development and Mobilization of Iran; Mohammad Yekrangnia, Sharif University of Technology;

PARAMETRIC STUDY OF AXIALLY LOADED REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS (ID 1438)
Charles Chadwell, California Polytechnic State University; Sean Hart, California Polytechnic State University;

Neural network for localization of mass and rigidity centers from dynamic responses of buildings (ID 1451)
Nouredine Bourahla, University Saad Dahlab Blida; Ismail Derbal, University Saad Dahlab Blida; Naouel Allal, ALRIM;

Design of Gravity-load Resisting Frames for Seismic Displacement Demands (ID 1494)
Perry Adebar, University of British Columbia; James Mutrie, Jones Kwong Kishi; Ronald Devall, Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.;

Seismic Rehabilitation Objectives and Upgrading Strategy for Medical Equipment and Nonstructural Components in a Hospital (ID 1614)
Juin-Fu Chai, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE); Fan-Ru Lin, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE); Jenn-Shin Hwang, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology; Zhen-Yu Lin, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE);

Development and Validation of Enhanced Performance Active Inelastic Links for Ductile Seismic Systems (ID 1621)
Dmitry Volynkin, The University of Auckland; G. Charles Clifton, The University of Auckland; Peter Dusicka, Portland State University;

Seismic Response and Protection of Steel Storage Rack Palleted Merchandise (ID 1667)
Michael Pollino, Case Western Reserve University; Robert Michael, Gannon University; Yuan Gao, Case Western Reserve University;

Seismic safety of artworks in recycled glass: design hypothesis for beautifying the passenger terminal of Venices Marco Polo Airport (ID 1626)
Giuseppe Faella, Second University of Naples; Ingrid Titomanlio, Second University of Naples;

Experimental Methods PostersShow/HideExperimental Methods

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Pseudo Dynamic Test Results of a Concrete Gravity Dam (ID 257)
Alper Aldemir, Middle East Technical University; Baris Binici, Middle East Technical University; Erdem Canbay, Middle East Technical University; Ozgur Kurc, Middle East Technical University; Yalin Arici, Middle East Technical University;

Test Method for Evaluating the Effect of Artifacts on Seismic Behavior of Moment Frames (ID 258)
Ebrahim Abbas, Virginia Tech; Matthew Eatherton, Virginia Tech;

A New Method of Shaking Table Test Overcoming the Law of Similarity on Reduced Steel Frame (ID 475)
Yuko Shimada, Chiba University; Satoshi Yamada, Tokyo Institute of Technology;

AN INVESTIGATION OF BOND-SLIP BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCING STEEL SUBJECTED TO INELASTIC STRAINS (ID 849)
Xiao Liang, Iowa State University; Sri Sritharan, Iowa State University;

AMBIENT VIBRATIONAL ANALYSIS OF AURELIANA COLUMN (ID 1012)
Paolo Clemente, ENEA; Fernando Saitta, ENEA; Giacomo Buffarini, ENEA; Giovanni Bongiovanni, ENEA;

CONSTRUCTION AND LOAD RATING OF LARGE CAPACITY REACTION FLOOR-WALL ASSEMBLY FOR LATERAL LOAD TESTING AT IIT KANPUR (ID 1148)
Durgesh Rai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; Cvr Murty, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur; Dipanshu Bansal, State University of New York at Buffalo; Sudhir Jain, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad;

Dynamic Centrifuge Tests on Soft Clay Soil Reinforced by Deep Soil Mixing (ID NEES1)
Mohammaed Khosravi, Virginia Tech;

Seismic Testing of PreWEC systems with Floor Interaction (ID NEES5)
Qingzhi Liu, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities;

Fire Following Earthquakes PostersShow/HideFire Following Earthquakes

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Using OpenSees for analyzing a 9-story steel building under post-earthquake fires (ID 1219)
Maria Garlock, Princeton University; Negar Elhami Khorasani, Princeton University;

Damage Mechanisms in Cementitious Coatings for Steel Members (ID 1752)
Suwen Chen, tongji university; Asif Usmani, The University of Edinburgh; Guo-Qiang Li, tongji university; Li-Ming Jiang, The University of Edinburgh;

Ground Motion, Seismicity, Seismic Hazard Assessment PostersShow/HideGround Motion, Seismicity, Seismic Hazard Assessment

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Seismicity of the Middle East: A Revision on the Seimicity Parameters (ID 19)
Mehdi Zare, IIEES; Hamideh Amini, IIEES; Pouye Yazdi, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid;

Directionality of Strong Ground Motion Durations (ID 275)
Jongwon Lee, Arup;

Reassessment of Prehistoric Earthquake Accelerations at Sampit and Gapway in the South Carolina Coastal Plain (ID 291)
Emad Gheibi, University of South Carolina; Sarah Gassman, University of South Carolina;

S-wave velocity profiles of the East San Francisco Bay Area obtained by geophysical methods (ID 432)
Koichi Hayashi, Geometrics; Mitchell Craig, California State University, East Bay; Rania Aql, California State University, East Bay; Seth Shuler, California State University, East Bay;

USGS UPDATE OF EARTHQUAKE LOADING DATA PROVIDED IN 2013 EDITION OF UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA 3-301-01: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING (ID 1164)
Sean Mcgowan, U.S. Geological Survey; Nicolas Luco, U.S. Geological Survey; Sanaz Rezaeian, U.S. Geological Survey;

Non-linear amplification characteristics during earthquakes at K-NET AOM007 (ID 1309)
Shunichi Kataoka, Hirosaki University;

A Low-Power Autonomous Digital AccelerographReplacement for the SMA (ID 1377)
Anthony Shakal, Calif. Geological Survey; Carl Petersen, Calif. Geological Survey; Troy Reitz, Calif. Geological Survey;

Efficacy of Geodetic Data for Estimating Earthquake Recurrence (ID 1513)
Martin Mccann, Jack A Benjamin Associates Inc.; Dan Oconnell, Fugro Consultants Inc.; Dean Ostenaa, Fugro Consultants Inc; Martin Lawrence, BC Hydro; Robert Youngs, AMEC Geomatrix; Roland Laforge, Fugro Consultants Inc.;

Seismic Floor Design Spectra Guideline for Hydro Facilities (ID 1631)
Andreas Felber, BC Hydro; Bob Schubak, BC Hydro; Soheil Razavi Darbar, BC Hydro;

BC Hydro SSHAC Level 3 Study: Adjustment of Seismic Hazard (based on Vs30 of 760 m/sec) for Hard Rock Sites (ID 1555)
Robert Darragh, Pacifc Engineering and Analysis; Kofi Addo, BC Hydro; Walt Silva, Pacifc Engineering and Analysis;

Relationship between liquefaction occurrence ratio and strong ground motion duration for The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. (ID 38)
Shigeki Senna, NIED; Kazue Wakamatsu, Kanto-Gakuin Univ; Masashi Matsuoka, Tokyo Tech Institute;

Buildings and Infrastructure Plans Damage Caused by the 11 August 2012,Qaradagh (ID 76)
Ebad Ghanbari, Univ. of Tabriz;

Information Technology and Collaboration Tools PostersShow/HideInformation Technology and Collaboration Tools

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

The California Earthquake Clearinghouse: Establishing protocols for Data Collection and Sharing after the Next Damaging California Earthquake (ID 1634)
Maggie Ortiz, EERI; Anne Rosinski, California Geological Survey; Marjorie Greene, EERI;

Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes PostersShow/HideLessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Failure modes of masonry infill walls and influence on RC frame structure under earthquake - NEES Research (ID 807)
Wu Xiaobin, China southwest architectural design and research insititute; Feng Yuan, China southwest architectural design and research insititute; Zhang Shulu, China southwest architectural design and research insititute;

Performance of Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings during the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (ID 904)
Can Simsir, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Anurag Jain, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Behnam Arya, Weidlinger Associates Inc.;

Seismic Performance of Low-Rise Pre-Engineered Buildings with Tilt-up and Masonry Fa (ID 906)
Anurag Jain, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.; Behnam Arya, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.; Cellaletin Simsir, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.;

A Simplified Approach to Quantify Damage Contribution of Individual Events in Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (ID 1220)
Behnam Arya, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Anurag Jain, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Can Simsir, Weidlinger Associates Inc.;

Study on Casualty and Tsunami Evacuation Behavior in Ishinomaki City - Questionnaire Survey for the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake - (ID 1280)
Hitomi Murakami, Yamaguchi University; Seiichi Sato, Nippon Koei; Sumio Yanagihara, Okumura Corporation; Takashi Wakihama, Yamaguchi University; Taku Mikami, Tono Research Institute of Earthquake Science; Yozo Goto, The University of Tokyo;

Lifelines PostersShow/HideLifelines

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Comparison of the observed and estimated fragility of the water distribution system of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture during the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake (ID 626)
Yoshihisa Maruyama, Chiba University; Kazue Wakamatsu, Kanto Gakuin University; Shigeru Nagata, Kajima Corporation;

Post-Earthquake Response, Damage Assessment, and Recovery PostersShow/HidePost-Earthquake Response, Damage Assessment, and Recovery

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Damage Index of Angle Brace Based on Residual Deformation (ID 265)
Nobuhiko Tatsumi, Osaka Institute of Technology; Shoichi Kishiki, Osaka Institute of Technology;

Wave Method for System Identification and Health Monitoring of Buildings Extension to Fitting Timoshenko Beam Model (ID 306)
Mahdi Ebrahimian, University of Southern California; Maria Todorovska, University of Southern California;

Development of the Residual Seismic Capacity Evaluation System with Capacity Spectrum Method (ID 326)
Koichi Kusunoki, Yokohama National University; Akira Tasai, Yokohama National University; Daiki Hinata, Yokohama National University; Masaomi Teshigawara, Nagoya University;

Seismic deformation demands on shear walls in frame-wall systems (ID 588)
İLker Kazaz, Erzurum Technical University;

Detection of building side-wall damage caused by the 2011 Tohoku, Japan earthquake tsunamis using high-resolution SAR imagery (ID 798)
Wen Liu, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Fumio Yamazaki, Chiba University; Masashi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tadashi Sasagawa, PASCO Corporation; Takashi Nonaka, PASCO Corporation;

Wavelet based damping identification from noise contaminated signals (ID 1015)
Luis Montejo, U. of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Carlos Gaviria, U. of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez;

Earthquake Hazard Mitigation in Kentucky (ID 1635)
Issam Harik, University of Kentucky; Ann Sardo, tesardo@aol.com; Thomas Sardo, PARSONS;

Structural Monitoring Networks in Istanbul, Turkey (ID 1765)
Eser Cakti, Bogazici University; Erdal Safak, Bogazici University;

Repair and Retrofit PostersShow/HideRepair and Retrofit

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Verification On Seismic Evaluation Models Of Reinforced Concrete Frame With Brick Infill (ID 142)
Tsung-Chih Chiou, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering; Fu-Pei Hsiao, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering; Shyh-Jiann Hwang, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering;

Optimal Allocation of Funding for Seismic Retrofitting Measures (ID 285)
Gordon Woo, RMS; Anna Maria Lombardi, INGV; Warner Marzocchi, INGV;

Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of a Concrete Shear Wall Building Using Structural Reliability Theory (ID 702)
Gregg Brandow, Brandow & Nastar, Inc.; Gary Hart, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Kidong Park, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Lauren Carpenter, WHL Consulting Engineers; Marshall Lew, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure; Nick Delli Quadri, None;

Historical reinforced concrete high-rise buildings (ID 1067)
Claudio Chesi, Politecnico di Milano; Maria Parisi, Politecnico di Milano; Valentina Sumini, Politecnico di Milano;

STRUCTURAL RETROFIT OF FOOTBRIDGE WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS (ID 1071)
Andrea Prota, University of Naples; Alberto Balsamo, University of Naples; Ivano Iovinella, University of Naples; Maria Isabella Vericaro, University of Naples;

Seismic Rehabilitation of the Historic Smokestack at Heart Mountain Relocation Center (ID 1123)
Owen Rosenboom, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.; Jerry E. Maly, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.; Kari Klaboe, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.; Lawrence Graham, Thornton Thomasetti; Sigmund Freeman, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.;

Seismic Retrofit of Shear Critical Beam-Column Joints in Existing Concrete Buildings - NEES Research (ID 1535)
Wael M. Hassan, American University in Cairo; Amal Bilal, HBRC;

Case Study Design and Construction of Confined Masonry Houses in Indonesia (ID 1461)
Tim Hart, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Elizabeth Hausler Strand, Build Change; Gordon Goodell, Build Change;

Modeling of Nonlinear Behavior of Confined Masonry Using Discrete Elements (ID 774)
Anna Lang, UC San Diego; Gianmario Benzoni, UC San Diego;

MULTISCALE SEISMIC ASSESSMENT OF AGED AND DETERIORATED RC STRUCTURES IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT (ID 1052)
Maria Polese, University of Naples Federico II; Andrea Prota, University of Naples Federico II; Gaetano Manfredi, University of Naples Federico II; Gian Piero Lignola, University of Naples Federico II;

Resilient Communities and Cities PostersShow/HideResilient Communities and Cities

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Towards Assessing the Resilience of a Community in Seismic Events using Agent Based Modeling (ID 296)
Megan Boston, Johns Hopkins University; Caitlin Jacques, Johns Hopkins University; Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Johns Hopkins University; Zhang Liu, Johns Hopkins University;

Improving Community Resilience through Public-Private Partnership: The BORP Strategy (ID 1146)
David Cocke, SAFEq Institute; Matthew Bogaard, Dreamworks Animation SKG; Samuel Mengelkoch, SAFEq Institute;

Applying Control Theories and ABM to Improve Resilience-Based Design of Systems (ID 1679)
Hwasung Roh, Chonbuk National University; Gian Paolo Cimellaro, Politecnico di Torino; Yuri Koh, Chonbuk National University;

Risk and Loss Assessment PostersShow/HideRisk and Loss Assessment

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Optimizing Resilience: Performance Based Assessment of Retrofits for Wood-Frame Housing in San Francisco (ID 304)
Zahraa Saiyed, MIT;

Seismic Performance Assessment of Tall Building Using Quantitative Performance Measure (ID 337)
Dong-Chul Lee, Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants; Chee-Kyeong Kim, Sunmoon University; Jong-Ho Kim, Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants; Taejin Kim, Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants;

Implications on Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment of Two Cities of Colombia as Result of a Lithospheric Tears Proposal in the Nazca Plate (ID 354)
Omar-Dar Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Manizales; Carlos A. Vargas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogot; Daniela Zuloaga, Illinois Institute of Technology; Gabriel-Andr Bernal, Universidad Polit; Mario-Andr Salgado, Universidad Polit;

Comparison of the Effect of Epsilon and Eta Based Record Selection on Fragility Curves in the case of an Irregular Steel Frame with Concrete Shear Walls (ID 759)
Hamid Kazemi, Iranian Construction Engineering Organization, Province of Khorasan Razavi;

Damage to Oil Storage Tanks due to Tsunami of the Mw9.0 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku, Japan Earthquake (ID 967)
Ken Hatayama, National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster;

PREDICTIONS OF PERFORMANCE OF SEISMICALLY VULNERABLE STRUCTURES BEFORE AND AFTER REMEDIATION: HELPING OWNER TO DEVELOP PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING SEISMIC RISK IN THE LEGAL ARENA (ID 1120)
Mark White, Law Offices Of Mark N. White; John Osteraas, Exponent/Failure Analysis Associates;

Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of Earthquake Casualties (ID 1414)
Maurizio Gobbato, Risk Management Solutions, Inc.; Nilesh Shome, Risk Management Solutions, Inc.; Wei Meng Yeo, Risk Management Solutions, Inc.;

Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Control Systems PostersShow/HideSeismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Control Systems

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Seismic Isolation of 200 Year Old Heritage Cathedrals in Haiti (ID 23)
H Kit Miyamoto, Miyamoto International; Akira Wada, Tokyo Institute of technology; Amir Gilani, Miyamoto International; Devis Sonda, Miyamoto International, Italy;

CYCLIC TESTING OF STEEL-CORE BUCKLING-RESTRAINED BRACES (BRBs) HAVING SIMPLE END DETAILS AND INFILLED WITH HIGH STRENGTH GROUT (ID 105)
Oguz C. Celik, Istanbul Technical University; Cigdem Avci Karatas, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization;

Buckling-Mode Number and Compressive-to-Tensile Strength Ratio of Buckling-Restrained Braces (ID 660)
Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Hokkaido University; Mamoru Iwata, Kanagawa University; Ryota Iizuka, Kanagawa University; Taichiro Okazaki, Hokkaido University; Takuya Wakayama, Kajima Corp.; Tetsuhiro Asari, Hokkaido University;

Experimental study on reduced-length buckling-restrained braces under slow-cyclic loading (ID 741)
Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi; M. Safeer Pandikkadavath, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi;

Seismic Behavior of A Steel Coupled Beam Moment Frame Based on Nonlinear Analyses (ID 1118)
Ying-Cheng Lin, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Sara Vahid, University of Alabama in Huntsville;

Socio-Economic Issues and Public Policy PostersShow/HideSocio-Economic Issues and Public Policy

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Life, Limb, and the Pursuit of Architecture Using product design to positively influence post-disaster transitional housing among impoverished or displaced populations (ID 1741)
Brijhette Farmer, State University of New York at Buffalo; Brijhette Farmer, State University of New York at Buffalo;

Soils, Foundations, Soil-Structure Interaction, and Slope Stability PostersShow/HideSoils, Foundations, Soil-Structure Interaction, and Slope Stability

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

ROCKING BEHAVIORS OF SDOF STRUCTURES ON SHALLOW FOUNDATION VIA CENTRIFUGE TEST (ID 819)
Jeong-Gon Ha, KAIST; Dong-Soo Kim, KAIST; Jin-Sun Lee, Wonkwang Univ.; Mintaek Yoo, Univ. of California; Seong-Bae Jo, KAIST;

A REMARKABLE METHOD TO STOP THE DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENTS OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS (ID 1297)
Ion Vlad, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest;

Subduction Zone Mega Earthquake PostersShow/HideSubduction Zone Mega Earthquake

DATE/TIME: Tuesday July 22, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

An Extended Global Catalogue of Giant (Mw 8.8) Earthquakes (ID 1600)
Tuna Onur, OSC; Robert Muir-Wood, Risk Management Solutions, Inc.;

Wednesday July 23, 2014: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Bridge Structures PostersShow/HideBridge Structures

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

New Design Detail for Ductile Steel Bridge Substructure Systems (ID 127)
Mervyn Kowalsky, North Carolina State University; Elmer Marx, Alaska DOT&PF; James Nau, North Carolina State University; Steven Fulmer, North Carolina State University;

FRP CONFINEMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH SELF-CONSOLIDATING CONCRETE (ID 542)
Mohamed Elgawady, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Kamal Khayat, Missouri University of Science and Technology;

Vulnerability evaluation of common simple-supported highway bridges (ID 687)
M Consolaci G, Universidad Aut; Ivan Soria, Universidad Aut;

Numerical Approaches in Modeling Soil-Foundation Interaction of Tall Bridges (ID 783)
Mohammad Reza Falamarz Sheikhabadi, Drexel University; Aspasia Zerva, Drexel University;

SEISMIC VULNERABILITY OF AN IRREGULAR BRIDGE WITH ELASTOMERIC PADS: A CASE STUDY (ID 803)
Durgesh Rai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; Nirav Thakkar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur;

Seismic Fragility Analysis of High-speed Railway Bridges (ID 985)
Jae Young Park, KISTEC; Do Kyoun Kim, KISTEC; Han Taek Jang, KISTEC;

SEISMIC FRAGILITY OF MULTI-SPAN SIMPLY SUPPORTED BRIDGE WITH DROP SPANS AND STEEL BEARINGS (ID 1031)
Durgesh Rai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; Neha Parool, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur;

Non-linear analysis of a bridge subjected to a large earthquake (ID 1133)
Mauricio Sarrazin, University of Chile; Jorge Villarroel, University of Chile; Maria Moroni, University of Chile;

SEISMIC INFLUENCE ON THE SHORT SPAN STEEL BRIDGE DESIGN (ID 1155)
Edgar Tapia-Hernandez, Universidad Aut; Karl Barth, West Virginia University; Michael Barker, University of Wyoming; Tiziano Perea, Universidad Aut;

Significance of ground motion incidence angle in seismic design of bridges (ID 1171)
Marta De Bortoli, University of California Irvine; Farzin Zareian, University of California Irvine; Tom Shantz, Caltrans;

SEISMIC MONITORING ON THE CURVED PORTION OF AN ELEVATED RAILWAY (ID 1207)
David Muri, Instituto de Ingenier; Abraham Roberto S, Instituto de Ingenier; Carlos Cruz Noguez, Carleton University; Carlos Humberto Huerta Carpizo, Instituto de Ingenier; Jos Camargo P, Instituto de Ingenier;

Characterization of the Cyclic Behavior of Heavily Corroded Steel Bridge Bearings (ID 1317)
Jason Mccormick, University of Michigan; Xiaohu Fan, University of Michigan;

Buildings, Structural and Non-Structural Systems PostersShow/HideBuildings, Structural and Non-Structural Systems

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Non-Linear Finite Element Modeling of RC Frame-Masonry Wall Interaction under Cyclic Loadings (ID 81)
Rabab Al Louzi, Purdue University; Ayhan Irfanoglu, Purdue University; Ghadir Haikal, Purdue University;

Non-Linear FEM Analysis for CES shear walls (ID 113)
Suguru Suzuki, Osaka University; Kuramoto Hiroshi, Osaka University; Tomoya Matsui, Toyohashi University of Technology;

Moment Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Interior Beam-Column Joints Based on a Theory of Flexural Resistance of Joints (ID 336)
Fumio Kusuhara, The University of Tokyo; Hitoshi Shiohara, The University of Tokyo;

Three-stage multiscale nonlinear dynamic analysis platform for building-level loss estimations (ID 393)
In Ho Cho, University of Colorado at Boulder; Keith Porter, University of Colorado at Boulder;

FREE FIELD RACKING DEFORMATION METHODOLOGY APPLIED TO THE DESIGN OF SHALLOW TUNNEL STRUCTURES IN HIGH RISK SEISMIC AREAS. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS. (ID 508)
Jose-Luis Sanchez Jimenez, TYPSA;

Reinforced Concrete Wall Boundary Element Longitudinal Reinforcing Termination (ID 603)
Sunai Kim, University of California, Los Angeles; John W. Wallace, University of California, Los Angeles;

Seismic Study of Hybrid Shear Wall (ID 769)
Xiaopu Shen, Anhui University of Architecture; Jay Shen, Illinois Institute of Technology; Lifeng Xu, Illinois Institute of Technology;

A Method to Estimate the Drift Response of Flat-Plate Structures Subjected to Strong Ground Motions (ID 772)
Damon Fick, Montana State University;

SEISMIC RESPONSE OF HILL BUILDINGS SUBJECTED TO BI-DIRECTIONAL EXCITATION (ID 846)
Yogendra Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Dominik Lang, NORSAR; Veereswara Yeluguri, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee;

Evaluation of seismic code specifications using static nonlinear analyses of archetype buildings (ID 915)
Luis Yamin, Universidad de los Andes; Alex Barbat, Universidad Polit; Alvaro Hurtado, Universidad de los Andes; Juan Pulido, Universidad de los Andes; Juan Reyes, Universidad de los Andes; Raul Rincon, Universidad de los Andes;

Numerical Analysis of the Seismic Performance of Steel Frames Infilled with Composite Panels - NEES Research (ID 987)
Hou Hetao, School of Civil Engineering; Li Jingjing, School of Civil Engineering; Liu Haining, School of Civil Engineering; Lv Zhonglong, School of Civil Engineering; Wu Minglei, School of Civil Engineering; Zhou Jian, School of Civil Engineering;

Assessing the Effect of Spectral Shape on Nonlinear Response of Reinforced Concrete Moment Resisting Frames (ID 989)
Saber Ale Saheb Fosoul, University of Isfahan; Hossein Tajmir Riahi, University of Isfahan; Nima Hatami, University of Isfahan;

Incremental Dynamic Analysis of a Gravity Dam (ID 992)
Berat Feyza Soysal, Middle East Technical University; Yalin Arici, Middle East Technical University;

Time-history analysis of terminal 2 of the Chengdu Shuangliu Airport under multi-support and multi-dimension seismic excitation (ID 997)
Dingsong Zhou, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Co; Kejian Xiao, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Co; Yuan Feng, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Co;

Effects of the Seismic Vertical Component on Structural Behavior An Analytical Study of Current Code Practices and Potential Areas of Improvement (ID 1107)
Masume Dana, Forell/Elsesser Engineers; Ali Roufegarinejad, Forell/Elsesser Engineers; Andrew Cussen, Nautilus Group Inc.; Chris Davis, Degenkolb Engineers; Jonas Houston, Holmes Culley; Michael Greer, SIRVE S.A.; Paul Littler, Holmes Culley; Y.N. Chen, Degenkolb Engineers;

INELASTIC SEISMIC RESPONSE OF MOMENT FRAMES IN SOFT SOILS WITH CONCRETE-FILLED TUBE COLUMNS (ID 1134)
Tiziano Perea, Universidad Aut; Edgar Tapia-Hernandez, Universidad Aut; Jose Ramon Quezada, Graduate Student; Roberto Leon, Virginia Polytechnique Institute and State University;

COMPARISON BETWEEN SEISMIC DEMAND MODELS AND INCREMENTAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS FOR LOW-RISE AND MID-RISE REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS (ID 1363)
Jong-Wha Bai, California Baptist University; Mary Beth Hueste, Texas A&M University; Paolo Gardoni, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;

Compression Failure of Thin Concrete Shear Walls with Overhanging Wall Above (ID 1479)
Perry Adebar, University of British Columbia; Maryam Mahmoodi, University of British Columbia;

Assessment of Macro-Modeling Tools for Seismic Performance of Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames (ID 1549)
Wael M. Hassan, American University in Cairo; Shady Girges, American University in Cairo;

GRAPHIC DYNAMIC EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF ONE-WAY ASYMMETRIC SYSTEMS (ID 1572)
Marco Faggella, sapienza university of rome;

EFFECTS OF SHEAR WALL RATIO ON THE SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BUILDINGS HAVING INADEQUATE SEISMIC RESISTANCE - NEES Research (ID 1652)
Yurdakul, Anadolu University; Av, Anadolu University; Onur Tunaboyu, Anadolu University;

A Study on Seismic Capacity of Overhead Transportation Systems in A High-tech Fab (ID 1669)
George Yao, National Cheng Kung University; Chin-Lian Tsai, INNOLUX CORPORATION; Jyh-Chau Wang, INNOLUX CORPORATION; Wei-Jen Lin, INNOLUX CORPORATION; Wen-Jyun Chou, National Cheng Kung University;

Slurry Walls for Permanent Lateral Resistance in Seismic Zones (ID 1060)
Lysandra Lincoln, ; Jesse Richins, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers; Lisa Papandrea, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers; Sitotaw Fantaye, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers;

Experimental Methods PostersShow/HideExperimental Methods

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Characterization of Fluid Viscous Dampers for Shock Excitation (ID 960)
Ravi Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Dilip Narkhede, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay;

Quasi-static Cyclic Testing of Older Vulnerable Concentrically Braced Frames (ID 1800)
Barbara Simpson, UC Berkeley; Stephen Mahin, UC Berkeley;

Ground Motion, Seismicity, Seismic Hazard Assessment PostersShow/HideGround Motion, Seismicity, Seismic Hazard Assessment

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

A 100-Point System for Selecting and Ranking Natural Earthquake Records for Engineering Analysis (ID 182)
Andreas Felber, BC Hydro; Kofi Addo, BC Hydro;

Depth-dependent Site Factors with Soil Nonlinear Effects (ID 217)
Chi-Chin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University; Tadahiro Kishida, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER);

ARTQUAKE, A NEW SOFTWARE FOR GENERATION OF ARTIFICIAL TIME-HISTORIES (ID 279)
Sergio Hampshire C. Santos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Rodrigo M. R. Rodrigues, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Silvio De Souza Lima, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;

Seismic Hazard Analysis for Qaraoun Dam in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (ID 456)
Courtney B. Johnson, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.; Debra G. Murphy, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.; Faiz I. Makdisi, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.;

Embedded Faults: A New Alternative for Incorporating Geologic Data in Seismic Source Zone Modeling (ID 458)
Dean Ostenaa, Fugro Consultants, Inc.; Martin Lawrence, BC Hydro; Martin Mccann, Jack R. Benjamin & Associates; Robert Youngs, AMEC Environmental & Infrastructure;

An Efficient Record Selection Procedure for the Estimation of Median Seismic Demands (ID 632)
Neal Kwong, UC Berkeley;

Effects of lateral heterogeneity on site-response analysis using microtremors (ID 739)
Tae-Seob Kang, Pukyong National University; Francisco J. Ch, Universidad Nacional Aut; Hyun-Ho Jang, Pukyong National University;

Change in Seismic Risk in the Zone of Maule after the February 27, 2010 Earthquake in Chile (ID 797)
Jorge Crempien-Laborie, Universidad de los Andes;

Earthquake hazard and risk assessment tool using Monte-Carlo simulation techniques (ID 833)
Christian Kaufmann, Bauhaus-University Weimar; Jochen Schwarz, Bauhaus-University Weimar;

Evaluation of the dynamic response of structures to the real, synthetic and modified accelerograms using S-Transform (ID 848)
Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering & Seismology; Salar Arian Moghaddam, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering & Seismology;

Simulation of earthquake ground motion focusing on deeper subsurface structure of local region (ID 926)
Masumitsu Kuse, Gifu university; Masata Sugito, Gifu university;

SEISMIC EARTH PRESSURES ON INVERTED T-SHAPE RETAINING STRUCTURES VIA DYNAMIC CENTRIFUGE TESTING (ID 939)
Seong-Bae Jo, KAIST; Dong-Soo Kim, KAIST; Jeong-Gon Ha, KAIST; Jin-Sun Lee, Wonkwang Univ.;

Dual versus amplitude scaling in nonlinear time-history analysis. (ID 1130)
Juan-Enrique Martinez-Rueda, University of Brighton; Farzaneh Hamedi, Imam Khomeini International University;

The BC Hydro SSHAC Level 3 Seismic Source Model (ID 1215)
Martin Lawrence, BC Hydro; Bert Swan, AMEC Geomatrix; Dean Ostenaa, Fugro Consultants Inc; Ivan Wong, URS Corporation; Jeff Unruh, Lettis Consultants International Inc.; John Clague, Simon Fraser University; Judith Zachariasen, URS Corporation; Kathryn Hanson, AMEC Geomatrix; Martin Mccann, Jack R. Benjamin & Associates Inc.; Robert Youngs, AMEC Geomatrix; Roland Laforge, Fugro Consultants Inc.; Susan Olig, URS Corporation; William Lettis, Lettis Consultants International Inc.;

Enforcement the Design Method Based in the Energy Balance to Calculate Energy Spectra (ID 1351)
Victor Fernandez, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU; Jenny Avenda, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CAT;

PROBABILISTIC FAULT DISPLACEMENT HAZARD ANALYSIS – SENSITIVITY ANALYSES AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPING DESIGN FAULT DISPLACEMENTS (ID 1358)
Donald Wells, AMEC; Vikram Kulkarni, AMEC;

The Alternative Characteristic (AC) Model as Implemented for the BC Hydro SSHAC 3 Seismic Source Model (ID 1515)
Roland Laforge, Fugro Consultants Inc.; Kofi Addo, BC Hydro; Martin Lawrence, BC Hydro; Robert Youngs, AMEC Geomatrix;

High Performance Computing and Simulation PostersShow/HideHigh Performance Computing and Simulation

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Comparison of Equivalent-Linear Site Response Analysis Software (ID 252)
Samuel Lasley, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Russell Green, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;

Nonlinear 3D bi-axial structural vibration under bi-directional random excitations by Tail Equivalent Linearization Method. (ID 824)
Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE of EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING and SEISMOLOGY, IIEES; Reza Raoufi, Department of Civil Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;

High Performance Computing Platform for Performance-based Seismic Assessment and Retrofit Design of Buildings (ID 1480)
Armin Bebamzadeh, University of British Columbia; Carlos E. Ventura, University of British Columbia; Michael Fairhurst, University of British Columbia;

Performance-based Seismic Design of Bridges Using High Performance Computing Tools (ID 1727)
Armin Bebamzadeh, University of British Columbia; Amin Rahmani, University of British Columbia; Carlos E. Ventura, University of British Columbia; Mahdi Taiebat, University of British Columbia; W. D. Liam Finn, University of British Columbi;

Information Technology and Collaboration Tools PostersShow/HideInformation Technology and Collaboration Tools

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

COLLABORATIVE MOBILE-CLOUD DISASTER SCENE COMPUTING FOR RAPID POST-DISASTER RESPONSE (ID 283)
Zhiqiang Chen, University of Missouri-Kansas City;

Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes PostersShow/HideLessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Lessons from the 2010-2011 Earthquake Sequence in Canterbury, New Zealand (ID 200)
Mark Pierperkarz, MRP Engineering, LLC; Craig Weaver, US Geological Survey; David Johnston, GNS Science/Massey University; Joan Gomberg, US Geological Survey; John Hare, Holmes Consulting Group; Kelvin Berryman, GNS Science; Robert Williams, US Geological Survey;

Response of Industrial Equipment Supported in Structures when Subject to Large Earthquakes (ID 1390)
Ernesto Cruz, EQCO Earthquake Engineering Consultants; Dania Valdivia, EQCO Earthquake Engineering Consultants; Veronica Miranda, EQCO Earthquake Engineering Consultants;

Damages of Steel Space Structures in the 2013 China Lushan Ms7.0 earthquake (ID 34)
Junwu Dai, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration; Chenxiao Zhang, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration; Guibo Nie, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration; Zhe Qu, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration;

Lifelines PostersShow/HideLifelines

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Full-scale Testing of High-voltage Electrical Equipment: (ID 26)
Shakhzod Takhirov, University of California at Berkeley; Amir Gilani, Miyamoto International; Eric Fujisaki, Pacific Gas and Electric;

Performance of Water Pipelines Retrofitted with Cured in Place Pipe Liner Technology under Transient Earthquake Motions - NEES Research (ID 490)
Zilan Zhong, University at Buffalo; Amjad Aref, University at Buffalo; Andre Filiatrault, University at Buffalo; Brad Wham, Cornell University; Dimitra Bouziou, Cornell University; Harry Stewart, Cornell University; Thomas Orourke, Cornell University;

Post-Earthquake Response, Damage Assessment, and Recovery PostersShow/HidePost-Earthquake Response, Damage Assessment, and Recovery

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Analytical Study on the Seismic Performance of A RC Building with Structural Wall during the May 19, 2011 Simav, Turkey Earthquake (ID 1388)
Onur Tunaboyu, Anadolu University; Ozgur Avsar, Anadolu University;

A Closed-form Approximation to Adaptive Structural Fragility to Aftershocks (ID 1649)
Raffaele De Risi, University of Naples Federico II; Andrea Prota, University of Naples Federico II; Domenico Asprone, University of Naples Federico II; Fatemeh Jalayer, University of Naples Federico II; Gaetano Manfredi, University of Naples Federico II; Hossein Ebrahimian, University of Naples Federico II;

Repair and Retrofit PostersShow/HideRepair and Retrofit

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Improvement of angle bolted connections by the additional fillet welding (ID 266)
Yuika Kawano, Osaka Institute of technology; Shoichi Kishiki, Osaka Institute of technology;

Seismic vulnerability of traditional buildings: the effect of roof-masonry walls interaction (ID 1074)
Maria Parisi, Politecnico di Milano; Claudio Chesi, Politecnico di Milano;

Innovative Emergency Repair Study on Severely Damaged Bridge Columns using Shape Memory Alloy Spirals (ID 1105)
Moochul Shin, Western New England University; Bassem Andrawes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;

SUSTAINABILITY IN SOFT WEAK OPEN FRONT BUILDINGS (ID 1093)
Jessie Karns, MiTek; David Lee, Taylor Devices; Fred Schott, Fred Schott Engineering; Michael Symans, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;

Resilient Communities and Cities PostersShow/HideResilient Communities and Cities

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

Risk Management Strategies for Managing Natural Disaster Risks: A Case Study in Shiraz City, Iran (ID 995)
Naghmeh Pakdel-Lahiji, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University; Mehdi Sadeghi, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University; Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany, IIEES - International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology; Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis;

Risk and Loss Assessment PostersShow/HideRisk and Loss Assessment

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Qualification of seismic risk studies on the basis of instrumentally verified vulnerability functions for R.C. building types (ID 108)
Jochen Schwarz, Bauhaus-Universit; Cemal M. Genes, Zirve University; Lars Abrahamczyk, Bauhaus-Universit;

Evaluation of a Port Operations Model using the 2012 West Coast Port Strike as Disruption Data - NEES Research (ID 679)
Lindsay Ivey-Burden, University of Virginia;

Estimating Risk For Santiago, Chile Due To Deep Intraplate And Interface Earthquakes (ID 715)
Freddy Pina, PBRV Consulting Ltd.; Paulina Gonzalez, USACH;

DEVELOPING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS MODELS USING BAYESIAN METHODS (ID 1221)
Gary Hart, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Anurag Jain, Weidlinger Associates Inc.; Bruce Ellingwood, Colorado State University; Joel Conte, University of California San Diego; Kevin Wong, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Kidong Park, Weidlinger Associates Inc.;

DATABASES AND SOFTWARE FOR FINANTIAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN MEXICO (ID 1228)
Eduardo Reinoso, Institute of Engineering, UNAM; Benjamin Huerta, ERN; Mario Ordaz, UNAM; Miguel Angel Jaimes, UNAM;

Sensitivity of fragility functions to ground motion input: Case study of 2010 Haiti Earthquake (ID 561)
Eser Cakti, Bogazici University; Ebru Harmandar, Bogazici University; Ufuk Hancilar, Bogazici University;

Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Control Systems PostersShow/HideSeismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Control Systems

DATE/TIME: Wednesday July 23, 2014 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm ROOM: FL2 Dena'ina

APPLICATIONS OF SEISMIC DAMPERS TO SPECIAL MOMENT FRAMES (ID 27)
H Kit Miyamoto, Miyamoto International; Amir Gilani, Miyamoto International;

Nonlinear Rooftop Tuned Mass Damper Frame (ID 44)
Jerod Johnson, University of Utah; Chris Pantelides, University of Utah; Lawrence Reaveley, University of Utah;

Seismic Performance of Attached Equipment in a Base Isolated Building (ID 596)
Niel Van Engelen, McMaster University; Dimitrios Konstantinidis, McMaster University; Michael Tait, McMaster University;

Damping of seismic vibrations of a 3D asymmetrical building model with multiple TMDs (ID 599)
Kai Chen, Florida Tech; Hector Gutierrez, Florida Tech; Jean-Paul Pinelli, Florida Tech; Razvan Rusovici, Florida Tech;

Multi-objective design of fluid viscous dampers using life-cycle cost criteria (ID 766)
Alexandros Taflanidis, University of Notre Dame; George Mavroeidis, University of Notre Dame; Ioannis Gidaris, University of Notre Dame;

Placement of Bilinear Hysteretic Energy Dissipation Devices for Passive Seismic Control of RC Structures (ID 821)
Durgesh Rai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; Puneet Chugh, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur;

The Effect of Slip on the Compressive Behavior of Unbonded Rubber Pads: A Finite Element Approach (ID 874)
Saman Rastgoo Moghadam, McMaster University; Dimitrios Konstantinidis, McMaster University;

A new nonlinear system for three-dimensional isolation of vibrations in structures and equipment (ID 1193)
Jos Almaz, Pontificia Universidad Cat;

Research and Development of Steel Dampers for Base-isolated Structures (No.1: Plastic Deformation Capacity and Hysteretic Behavior of U-Shaped Steel Dampers under Uni-axial Dynamic Cyclic Loadings) (ID 1236)
Diana Ene, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Norihisa Kawamura, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.; Satoshi Yamada, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Shoichi Kishiki, Osaka Institute of Technology; Yoshinao Konishi, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.; Yu Jiao, Tokyo University of Science; Yuma Hoashi, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.;

Analytical Study of Shear Slotted Bolted Connection in Moment Resisting Frames (ID 1296)
Kiarash Mohtasham Dolatshahi, Sharif University of Technology; Mohammad Taghi Nikoukalam, University of Tehran; Seyed Rasoul Mirghaderi, University of Tehran;

Case Studies on the Seismic Protection of Equipment in Essential Buildings - NEES Research (ID 1381)
Claudia Marin-Artieda, Howard University;

Optimal Arrangement of Visco-Elastic Dampers in Mass Isolated System (ID 1579)
Erfan Alavi, Sazeh Consultants; Mojtaba Alidoost, Sazeh Consultants;

Investigation of the Relationship Between the Mechanics of Seismic Isolation Systems and the Use of Vertical and Vertical-Horizontal Ground Motions (ID 1645)
Andreas Schellenberg, UC Berkeley; Jenna Wong, UC Berkeley; Stephen Mahin, UC Berkeley;

Full-Scale Smart Base Isolation and the Corresponding Real-Time Hybrid Simulation Capabilities (ID NEES3)
Richard Christenson, University of Connecticut; Atabak Etemadi, University of Connecticut; Erik Johnson, University of Southern California; Mahmoud Kamalzare, University of Southern California; Wael Elhaddad, University of Southern California;

Soils, Foundations, Soil-Structure Interaction, and Slope Stability PostersShow/HideSoils, Foundations, Soil-Structure Interaction, and Slope Stability

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SEISMIC SETTLEMENT OF SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS (ID 59)
Shamsher Prakash, MST; Vijay Puri, SIUC;

Incorporating Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Effects through a Decoupled Analysis for the Sesimic Design of a Pile Supported Building at a Soft Soil Site with High Impedance Effect (ID 71)
King Chin, GeoEngineers, Inc.; Bryan Zagers, CoughlinPorterLundeen; Luke Ruggeri, CoughlinPorterLundeen;

Behavior of Model Pile in Saturated Sloping Ground in Shaking Table Test (ID 74)
Chia-Han Chen, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering; Cheng-Hsing Chen, National Taiwan University; Tzou-Shin Ueng, National Taiwan University;

A Ground Model for Earthquake Response Analysis Derived as Best-Simplified with Using Microtremor Measurements (ID 133)
Atsushi Mikami, The University of Tokushima;

Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction Analyses of 300m Tall Industrial Reinforced Concrete Chimneys on Piled Raft Foundations (ID 218)
Jisha S.V, National Institute of Technology Karnataka; Jayalekshmi B.R, National Institute of Technology Karnataka; Shivashankar R, National Institute of Technology Karnataka;

Pore Pressure Generation Under Different Transient Loading Histories - NEES Research (ID 277)
Wing Shun Kwan, The University of Texas at Austin; Chadi El Mohtar, The University of Texas at Austin; Sam Sideras, University of Washington; Steve Kramer, University of Washington;

Reduced Passive Force-Deflection Behavior for Skewed Bridge Abutments (ID 331)
Kyle Rollins, Brigham Young University; Amy Fredrickson, Brigham Young University; Katie Palmer, Kleinfelder, Inc.;

Slope Stability Evaluation of South Bluff of the Anchorage Port Access Bridgee (ID 332)
Chi-Chin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University; Philip Meymand, URS Corporation;

Nonlinear Stiffness Matrix Modeling for Complex Pile Group Foundation of the Anchorage Port Access Bridge (ID 333)
Benjamin Choy, URS Corporation; Chi-Chin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University; Philip Meymand, URS Corporation;

Investigation of Effects on Seismic Response Characteristics of Earthfill and Rockfill Dams (ID 1024)
Burak Kayhan Be, Yıldız Technical University; Pelin Ozener, Yıldız Technical University;

Soil-Structure Interaction Effects on a Concrete Structure Founded on Rock (ID 1156)
Lisa Anderson, Bechtel Power Corporation; Alidad Hashemi, Bechtel Power Corporation; Farhang Ostadan, Bechtel Power Corporation;

Does the vertical component of seismic loading have no discernible effect on permanent displacement of sliding system? (ID 1218)
Hao Xing, Southwest Jiaotong University; Yingbin Zhang, Southwest Jiaotong University; Lu Zheng, Kyushu University;

Estimation of Cumulative Damage in Concrete Gravity Dam considering Foundation-Reservoir Interaction (ID 1284)
R.N. Dubey, IIT Roorkee; Arnab Banerjee, IIT Roorkee; D.K. Paul, IIT Roorkee;

Seismic Design of Foundations: The 2015 Canadian Building Code Provisions (ID 1475)
Perry Adebar, University of British Columbia; Donald Anderson, University of British Columbia; Poureya Bazargani, Ausenco; Ronald Devall, Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.;

A one-step Newmark model for probabilistic analysis of seismic slope displacements (ID 1514)
Gang Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Wenqi Du, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;

Seismic Earth Pressures on an Underground Restrained Structure (ID 1573)
Endi Zhai, Kleinfelder, Inc.; Craig Davis, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Jianping Hu, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Liping Yan, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power;

NEESR: SEISMIC RESPONSE OF SHALLOW UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES IN DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS (ID NEES4)
Shideh Dashti, University of Colorado Boulder;

Effectiveness of Inhibiting Liquefaction Triggering by Shallow Ground Improvement Methods: Initial Field Shaking Trials with T- Rex in Christchurch, New Zealand (ID NEES6)
Kenneth H. Stokoe, Ii, The University of Texas at Auston;

Tsunami Prediction, Design, and Recovery PostersShow/HideTsunami Prediction, Design, and Recovery

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A Fast High Order Accurate Method For Tsunami Propagation (ID 264)
Anxin Guo, Harbin institute of technology; Hui Li, Harbin institute of technology; Shengchao Xiao, Harbin institute of technology;

Evaluating tsunami education in coastal Washington: a 2001-2012 review (ID 544)
David Johnston, GNS Science/Massey University; Bruce Houghton, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Caroline Orchiston, University of Otago; Chris Gregg, East Tennessee State University; Dave Nelson, Washington Emergency Management Division; Douglas Paton, University of Tasmania; George Crawford, Washington Emergency Management Division; John Schelling, Washington Emergency Management Division; Julia Becker, GNS Science; Kim Wright, GNS Science; Leonard Graham, GNS Science; Stuart Fraser, Massey University; Vicki Johnson, Massey University; Wendy Saunders, GNS Science;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS FOR THE GENERATION OF ANALYTICAL TSUNAMI FRAGILITY FUNCTIONS (ID 1008)
Joshua Macabuag, University College London; Tiziana Rossetto, University College London; Tristan Lloyd, AIR WORLDWIDE LTD.;

Interaction of Tsunamis with Short Waves and Bottom Sediment (ID NEES2)
James M. Kaihatu, Texas A&M University;