Modern Solutions to Seismic Risk Mitigation: A Sino-Canada joint effort to deal with a challenging problem
The 2013 Symposium was hosted at UBC’s Point Grey Campus in Vancouver BC from August 19-21, 2015.
Themes and Presentations
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Monday August 19, 2013
| 8:10 – 8:15 | Theme I: Concrete and masonry structures (Chairs: Prof. Mitchell and Prof. Adebar) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 8:15 – 8:35 | Evaluation and retrofit of older construction shear walls – Prof. Denis Mitchell, McGill University |
| 8:35 – 8:55 | Seismic design of concrete buildings in Canada: The 2014 Canadian Code – Prof. Perry Adebar, University of British Columbia |
| 8:55 – 9:15 | Enhancing the dynamic fracture toughness of concrete with fiber reinforcement – Prof. Nemkumar Banthia, University of British Columbia |
| 9:15 – 9:35 | Innovative retrofits of concrete and masonry buildings – Prof. Murat Saatcioglu, University of Ottawa |
| 9:35 – 9:55 | Computation analysis of shear wall structure with replaceable coupling beams – Mr. Cong Chen, Tongji University |
| 9:55 – 10:15 | In-plane seismic behaviour of slender reinforced masonry shear walls – Mr. Brook Robazza, University of British Columbia |
| 10:55 – 11:00 | Theme II: Steel structures (Chairs: Prof. Tremblay and Prof. Ma) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Recent research on steel towers in China – Prof. Renle Ma, Tongji University |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Seismic retrofit of steel buildings – Prof. Robert Tremblay, Ecole Polytechnique |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Innovative steel seismic fuses – Ms. Lisa Tobber, University of British Columbia |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Seismic response of steel buckling restrained knee braced truss moment frames – Mr. Yuanjie Li, University of British Columbia |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Experimental study on hysteretic behavior of new k-shaped steel dampers – Ms. Yue Yang, Tongji University |
| 13:40 – 13:45 | Theme III: Ground motions and seismic hazards (Chairs: Prof. Finn and Prof. Chouinard) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 13:45 – 14:05 | Amplification effects of thin soft surface layers: A study for the 2015 NBCC – Prof. Liam Finn, University of British Columbia |
| 14:05 – 14:25 | Microzonation maps for Montreal and suburbs – Prof. Luc Chouinard, McGill university |
| 14:25 – 14:45 | Estimating the effects of deep intraplate earthquakes in subduction zones – Dr. Freddy Pina, University of British Columbia |
| 14:45 – 15:05 | Forward directivity and directionality effects on seismic response of buildings – Mr. Manuel Archila, University of British Columbia |
| 15:05 – 15:25 | Effect of vertical ground motion in high-rise buildings – Ms. Sophia Zhou, University of British Columbia |
| 15:40 – 15:45 | Theme VI: Foundations (Chairs: Prof. Wijewickreme and Prof. Taiebat) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 15:45 – 16:05 | Reduction of buried pipeline damage risk due to ground movements – Prof. Dharma Wijewickreme, University of British Columbia |
| 16:05 – 16:25 | Seismic design of deep basement walls: evaluation of the current practice in BC – Prof. Mahdi Taiebat, University of British Columbia |
| 16:25 – 16:45 | Seismic response of large pile groups – Dr. Jason Dowling, University of British Columbia |
| 16:45 – 17:05 | Design of foundation for wind turbines – Ms. Xue Bai, Tongji University |
Tuesday August 20, 2013
| 8:00 – 8:05 | Theme V: Timber structures (Chairs: Prof. He and Prof. Lam) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 8:05 – 8:25 | Recent research on timber structures in China – Prof. Minjuan He, Tongji University |
| 8:25 – 8:45 | Recent UBC research activities on CLT and Glulam – Prof. Frank Lam, University of British Columbia |
| 8:45 – 9:05 | Experimental study on lateral resistance of timber post and beam structures – Mr. Yingyang Liu, Tongji University |
| 9:05 – 9:25 | Test on lateral resistance of glulam beam-to-column connections – Ms. Huifen Liu, Tongji University |
| 9:40 – 9:45 | Theme VI: Advanced testing and simulation (Chairs: Prof. Xiong and Prof. Yang) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 9:45 – 10:05 | Introduction to structural health monitoring system of the Shanghai tower – Prof. Haibei Xiong, Tongji University |
| 10:05 – 10:25 | Next-generation experimental testing methods for earthquake engineering research – Prof. Tony Yang, University of British Columbia |
| 10:25 – 10:45 | Efficient performance based design using parallel and cloud computing – Dr. Armin Bebam Zadeh, University of British Columbia |
| 10:45 – 11:05 | BC smart infrastructure monitoring system – Mrs. Sharlie Huffman, Ministry of Transportation British Columbia |
| 11:05 -11:25 | Ambient tests on dynamic characteristics for Shanghai tower under construction – Mr. Xiang Ou, Tongji University |
| 11:25 – 11:45 | Earthquake actions and testing approaches for zonal hanging architectural curtain walls – Ms. Yangling Wang, Tongji University |
| 12:45 – 12:50 | Theme VII: Performance-based earthquake engineering (Chairs: Prof. Foschi and Prof. Paultre) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Performance-based seismic design using neural networks – Prof. Ricardo Foschi, University of British Columbia |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Fragility curves for rehabilitated bridges with seismic isolators using experimental results – Prof. Patrick Paultre, Sherbrooke University |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Multi variable fragility curves for performance-based earthquake engineering – Mr. Abbas Javaherian, University of British Columbia |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Structural selection of isolation and non-isolation shopping mall – Mr. Miao Chi, Tongji University |
| 14:25 – 14:30 | Theme VIII: Resilience in earthquake engineering (Chairs: Prof. Elwood and Mr. Sherstobitoff) Location: FSC – Room 1005 |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Earthquake disaster resilience: a comparison of Christchurch and L’Aquila – Prof. Ken Elwood, University of British Columbia |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Seismic upgrade of BC schools – recent developments – Mr. John Sherstobitoff, Ausenco-Sandwell |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Seismic characteristics of Pre-1980 high-rise concrete buildings in Vancouver – Mr. Jeff Yathon, University of British Columbia |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Collapse assessment of non-ductile RC buildings – Mr. Majid Baradaran Shoraka, University of British Columbia |
Wednesday August 21, 2013
| 9:00 – 10:20 | Laboratory Demo (Mr. Dorian Tung and Mr. YJ Li) Location: CEME – Room 1001 |
| 10:40 – 12:00 | Professors’ Discussion (Chairs Prof. He and Prof. Adebar) Location: CEME – Room 2003 |
| 10:40 – 12:00 | Students’ Discussion (Chairs Mr. Centeno and Mr. Lui) Location: CEME – Room 2204 |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Plenary Sessions (Chairs Prof. Elwood and Prof. Xiong) Location: CEME – Room 2204 |
| 16:00 – 20:00 | Social Gathering Downtown |