Date: May 13, 2002
Place: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Attendees: U.S. Side -- George Lee (Chairman) MCEER
Peter Chang (Chairman) NSF
H. S. Lew NIST
Adam Rose Penn Sate Univ.
William Roper GWU
Josephine Malilay CDC
Japan Side -- Masaomi Teshigawara (Chairman) BRI
Keiichi Ohtani (Chairman) NIED
Kazuhiko Fujihashi NTT
1. Objective and Scope of Work
(1) Objective
The objective of the task committee is to enhance the development and implementation of innovative and new 1) materials; 2) enabling technologies; 3) evaluation, analysis, design, construction and maintenance methods; through cooperated individual and organized and networked analytical and experimental approaches for the next-generation building and infrastructure systems.
Opportunities during the next few years include experimental observations on the performance of model and near full-size structures using large scale testing facilities and networked earthquake engineering experimental facilities, and the development of innovative technologies and approaches to address the newly obtained analytical conclusions and observed experimental evidences and to formulate various performance based engineering guidelines for building and infrastructure systems.
(2) Scope of Work
a) Enhancement of exchange of information and personnel.
b) Coordinate joint research including the utilizing experimental facilities.
c) Coordinated development of database, test procedures, guidelines for test result interpretation and application.
d) Development of new materials and technologies for condition assessment, retrofit of existing buildings and design of new buildings.
e) Conduct joint workshops and joint meetings to identify research opportunities, new projects, and make recommendation for UJNR Panel.
2. Accomplishments
(1) The US-Japan grantees' meeting for Composite and Hybrid Structures, June 24 to 27, 2001 in Berkeley, CA. The committee will plan for the publication of CHS design guides and other research reports summarizing the experimental and analytical research activities.
(2) A workshop to identify and develop specific joint projects and cooperative activities within the general scope of Task Committee B was held at NSF attended by the four co-chairs together with Dr. S. C. Liu in August 13 of 2001.
(3) In February 27 of 2002, the two co-chairs of US and Japan together with Dr. S. C. Liu coordinated the session program of UJNR meeting.
3. Future Plans
(1) The 3rd US-Japan Technical Coordinating Committee Meeting on Auto-Adaptive Media (Smart Structural Systems) will be held the end of October 2002, in Tsukuba Japan.
(2) Task Committee B reviewed the status report of NEES (Network of Earthquake Engineering Simulation) provide by Dr. Joy Pauschke of NSF (attached) and expresses its desire for JTCC and/or other appropriate US and Japan groups to organize meetings to establish a US-Japan Coordinating research plan that will accelerate NEES program in US and Performance-based design focusing on building functions, and health monitoring.
(3) Task Committee B plans to include societal and economic impact analysis in future activities, with initial emphases given to information technology, public health and security aspects of development of next generation building and infrastructure system. Alternatively, because information technology, infrastructure security and disaster-related public health issues are important (to various degree) to all the activities of other Task Committees, it may be desirable to establish a separate panel-wide (Task) Committee to address such "trans-panel" or "trans-committee" activities as needs and opportunities arise.
4. Related Activities
(1) The 3rd grantee meeting, as part of the US-Japan cooperative research on urban earthquake disaster mitigation workshop was held on August 15-16, 2001, Seattle, Washington.
(2) JTCC for the discussion on next US-Japan cooperative research was held after the 3rd grantee meeting.
(3) The 4th grantee meeting, as part of the US-Japan cooperative research on urban earthquake disaster mitigation workshop will be held on October 21-22, 2002, Kyoto, Japan.
(4) The foundation work of the 3-D Full-scale Earthquake Testing Facility at Miki by NIED, has been completed. Upper structures are under construction. And whole facility will be completed by early 2005.