2013 Symposium

Modern Solutions to Seismic Risk Mitigation: A Sino-Canada joint effort to deal with a challenging problem

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The 2013 Symposium was hosted at UBC’s Point Grey Campus in Vancouver BC from August 19-21, 2015.


 

Themes and Presentations

A PDF program outline can be downloaded by clicking here

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