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  1. Team Tests ABC System With Earthquake Resistance

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    15 Jul 2014 | Notes | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine | July 15, 2014 | Online magazine article about NEES bridge bent research at University of Nevada, Reno.

  2. BNCS Educational Videos

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    15 Jul 2014 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Serge S Chakmakjian, Lelli Van Den Einde, Tara Hutchinson

    A landmark full-scale test of a five-story reinforced concrete building was conducted on the NEES@UCSD shake table. The building was completely furnished with nonstructural components and systems. The knowledge gained from extensive data and video collected during construction, fabrication and...

  3. Benchmark Problem in Active Structural Control with Wireless Sensor Network

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    13 Jul 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Zhuoxiong Sun, Bo Li, Shirley Dyke, Chenyang Lu, Lauren Linderman

    Structural control systems offer an attractive approach to protect civil infrastructures from natural hazards such as earthquakes. Wireless structural control systems which utilize wireless sensors for sensing, communication and control have drawn increased attention due to the flexible...

  4. MEASURES DEVELOPED IN JAPAN AFTER THE 1964 NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE TO COUNTER THE LIQUEFACTION OF SOIL

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    10 Jul 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): K. Harada, S. Yasuda

    MEASURES DEVELOPED IN JAPAN AFTER THE 1964 NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE TO COUNTER THE LIQUEFACTION OF SOIL In Japan, many remediation methods against liquefaction have been developed since the 1964 Niigata Earthquake, which caused severe damage to structures due to liquefaction. The methods are classified...

  5. Characterizing Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Using Experimental Data From a Test Structure

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    09 Jul 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Emily Stinson

    Most of what is currently known about soil-structure interaction (SSI) is based on theoretical models. Since SSI can lead to seismically unsafe designs, as demonstrated by the devastating damage caused by soil amplification during the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta...

  6. Earthquake researchers get online primer for simulation method

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    07 Jul 2014 | Notes | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    WN.com | July 7, 2014 | Online news aggregator

  7. New bridge design improves earthquake resistance, reduces damage, and speeds construction

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    02 Jul 2014 | Notes | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    Reddit Engineering | July 2, 2014 | Online engineering forum. 3 Commnents, 97% upvoted.

  8. New Bridge Design Improves Earthquake Resistance

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    02 Jul 2014 | Notes | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    Engineering.com | July 2, 2014 | Online magazine story with 1840 views, 7 FB Likes, and 14 Tweets

  9. New Bridge Design Improves Earthquake Resistance, Reduces Damage And Speeds Construction

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    01 Jul 2014 | Notes | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    ScienceNewsline | July 1, 2014 | Online magazine

  10. New bridge design improves earthquake resistance, reduces damage, and speeds construction

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    01 Jul 2014 | Notes | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    ScienceDaily | July 1, 2014 | Online magazine

  11. New bridge design improves earthquake resistance, reduces damage, and speeds construction

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    30 Jun 2014 | Notes | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    NSF News from the Field | June 30, 2014 | Mobile news website

  12. Transfer Effects of Challenge-based Lessons in an Undergraduate Dynamics Course

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    23 Jun 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Matthew D Lovell, Sean Brophy

    Challenge-based instruction, a method of instruction where course content is framed around and driven by a complex problem or set of problems, requires learners to continually evaluate posed challenges based on what they know and refine this understanding through a series of formal learning...

  13. Large Research Center Education and Outreach: Lessons from 5 years of Distributed Collaborative Design, Development and Implementation

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    23 Jun 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Sean Brophy, Thalia Anagnos

    The George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Summation (NEES) completes its tenth year of operation in September 2014. The NEES Center consists of a network of 14 large-scale experimental laboratories that collaborate and share resources in support of research to inform civil...

  14. Essentials of Project Management Webinar

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    16 Jun 2014 | Multimedia

    "Essentials of Project Management"Presented by Dennis S. Praedin, Principal, DSP Consulting, Inc.June 16 and 18th, 2014Today, employees with Project Management skills are in great demand and they can add significant value to an organization. FORTUNE Magazine has identified Project Management as...

  15. A Real Time Hybrid Simulation Demo Code for a Structure with Base Isolation

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    09 Jun 2014 | Computational Models | Contributor(s): Daniel Gomez, Rachel Chicchi, Scott Wonderly, Shirley Dyke

    This demo describes the set-up of a simple RTHS simulation with base isolation and is accompanied by two files BI_RTHS_simul.mdl and BI_RTHS_DM.m. BI_RTHS_simul.mdl is a Matlab Simulink® code that uses a block environment to simulate the model response. This...

  16. Correcting Sensor Metadata in the Project Warehouse

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    06 Jun 2014 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): Cheng Song

    The presentation provides a quick guidance for editing and correcting sensor metadata after they are successfully uploaded to the Project Warehouse. Researchers are encouraged to consult the Sensor Metadata Guide. 

  17. NEEScomm Curation Requirements 2014

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    21 May 2014 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): Stanislav Pejša

    This recorded presentation from NEEScomm Data Archiving Training at Davis in April 2014 reviews the basic requirements for data archiving in the NEES data repository. The purpose of curation as a service is examined and the processes and workflows are explained. The presentation...

  18. Documenting Sensor Metadata in the NEEScomm Project Editor

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    21 May 2014 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): Cheng Song

    The recording shows how to provide sensor metadata in the Project Warehouse. It reviews the required fields, proper form of sensor types, and their corresponding units of measurement.

  19. Documents for NEESR: Inertial Force-Limiting Floor Anchorage Systems For Seismic Resistant Building Structures

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    19 May 2014 | Active Documents | Contributor(s): Marti LaChance

    Accompanying documents to: the NEESR project entitled NEESR: Inertial Force-Limiting Floor Anchorage Systems For Seismic Resistant Building Structures (PI: R. Fleischman, J. Restrepo, R. Sause) is currently conducting a full-scale components test at the Real-time Multi-directional...

  20. Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Steel Pipe Support Structures

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    15 May 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Yasser Salem, Ahmed Nasr

    Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Steel Pipe Support StructuresYasser SalemThe seismic performance of steel pipe support structure was evaluated. Nonlinear incremental dynamic analysis of model structures with various stories and plan configurations were conducted. The analysis accounts for the...