SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

Capacities Specific Programme

Research Infrastructures Project No.: 227887

SERIES SEISMIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES FOR

EUROPEAN SYNERGIES

Workpackage WP4

Deliverable D4.16 – Concluding Workshop Proceedings

Deliverable Leader: [JRC]

Revision: Final

July, 2013

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ABSTRACT

The SERIES Concluding Workshop was hosted by the JRC in Ispra, Italy (May 28-30, 2013).

This three-day Workshop on “Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructures” was jointly

organized with the George E. Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

(NEES, USA) and was dedicated to the memory of Prof. Roy Severn. Its main aim was to

present the outcomes of the SERIES project (in particular RTD results of completed TA

activities) and parallel developments within the US-NEES. Approximately 100 people

attended the Workshop, many of which were TA user team members and experts from

overseas (invited in the framework of international collaborative efforts made under NA3.2).

This deliverable presents 30 full papers to be included in the SERIES Concluding

Workshop proceedings volume (final peer-review and editing are underway). The proceedings

are jointly edited by the host (JRC) and the co-ordinator (UPAT), and will be published by a

reputed publisher after the project end.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s

Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement n° 227887

[SERIES].

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DELIVERABLE CONTRIBUTORS

UPAT Michael N. Fardis

Dionysis Biskinis

Vassia Vayena

JRC Fabio Taucer

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Contents

1. SERIES Concluding Workshop ..................................................................... 1

1.1. Summary ........................................................................................................................ 1

1.2. Workshop conclusions ................................................................................................... 2

2. Workshop programme ................................................................................ 4

3. Proceedings .............................................................................................. 10

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1. SERIES Concluding Workshop

1.1. Summary

The Concluding Workshop of SERIES was organized together with the George E. Brown, Jr.,

Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES, USA), marking the successful

collaborative efforts conducted under NA3.2. This three-day workshop was held at the JRC in

Ispra, Italy on May 28-30, 2013. The topic was “Earthquake Engineering Research

Infrastructures” and the main target was to present important outcomes of SERIES (in

particular RTD results of completed TA activities) and parallel developments within the US-

NEES. The workshop was dedicated to the memory of Prof. Roy Severn, who established and

the EQUALS laboratory facility at the University of Bristol and co-ordinated seismic

infrastructure projects which preceded SERIES in past EC Framework Programmes (notably

ECOEST I and II and ECOLEADER).

The Concluding Workshop programme was structured in 8 sessions, one of them dedicated

exclusively to developments in US-NEES and another one (special session) to hybrid testing.

Overall, the presentations made were 52 and the number of attendees was approximately 100,

many of which were TA user team members and experts from overseas (invited in the

framework of international collaborative efforts made under NA3.2).

More specifically, 21 TA user teams contributed an equal number of presentations and US-

NEES contributed 9 presentations (11 participants). Among workshop participants, there was

also one invited presentation from the Tongji University (China) and two from the NCREE

(Taiwan). Joint presentations between SERIES members and colleagues in international

institutions were also made (between UNITN/UNIVBRIS and the Harbin Institute of

Technology (China) and UNIVBRIS and the Kyoto University (Japan).

All workshop presentations are available at the SERIES web portal

(http://www.series.upatras.gr/workshop_Ispra) along with the workshop program and

abstracts (both in the form of a leaflet).

This deliverable contains the 30 papers received so far in the form of full papers that will

be included in the hardbound Workshop Proceedings volume. The final peer-review and

editing is underway. The Proceedings will be published by a reputed publisher, after the

project end, and will include more papers. Editing of the volume is a joint effort by Fabio

Taucer (JRC) and Michael N. Fardis (UPAT).

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1.2. Workshop conclusions

Conclusions of the Workshop and recommendations were discussed at the closure of the

Workshop with the participation of the coordinator Michael Fardis, Julio Ramirez from US-

NEES, the External Scientific Committee and contributions from the floor. The significant

conclusions concerning SERIES and US-NEES are listed below:

There are several opportunities for a possible NEES-SERIES Collaboration, notably

concerning:

i. Interoperability of Databases (Shared Ontology, Case Studies)

ii. Sharing facilities' best practices, especially in training and certification

protocols

iii. Hybrid Simulation

iv. Dissemination

v. Access to facilities

vi. Service to industry

A possible NEES-SERIES Collaboration faces certain challenges, especially

concerning:

i. Funding

ii. Coordination of the activities

iii. Identification of partners contributing to the collaboration

iv. Standards for Interoperability

v. Dissemination of global success stories

More specifically, concerning possible collaboration between NEES and SERIES in

hybrid testing, challenges and opportunities include:

i. Ensuring that tools can be used broadly and not re-invented

ii. Standards for communication so that tools can work together

iii. Common metrics for evaluating performance, benchmark problems

iv. Better delineation and communication of the needs for this technology by the

hybrid testing community.

v. Demonstrating what can be achieved with hybrid simulation, especially when

traditional methods cannot be used

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A possible framework for the NEES-SERIES Collaboration in hybrid testing may

include:

i. Trans-atlantic collaborations through demonstration projects or benchmark

problems, to illustrate the power of hybrid simulation; Workshops to make

specific plans for moving forward

ii. Participation of EU researchers in the Quake Summit, August 6-8, 2013 for the

Hybrid simulation working meeting and the annual NEES meeting

iii. Student exchanges

iv. Training of students in the use of open-source tools and methods

v. A short course or other activity to increase awareness and enable new users

SERIES cannot be compared to US-NEES in terms of human resources involved,

funding, testing and IT capabilities, etc. Besides, SERIES had a 4.5-year duration,

while US-NEES has been running continuously since 2000 and is presently planned to

continue seamlessly to the end of the 2020 decade.

SERIES operated in a diverse political and cultural environment; one of its main goals

was to bring together the entire S/T seismic engineering community of that diverse

environment, a major achievement by itself; this not an issue in US-NEES.

In SERIES all players in the European S/T seismic engineering community had to work

together, without competing against each other; there were only winners. US-NEES works

differently in this respect.

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2. Workshop programme

The programme of the SERIES Concluding Workshop-Joint with US-NEES “Earthquake

Engineering Research Infrastructures” follows in the next pages.

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The workshop

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) hosts a three-day

international workshop, within the framework of the

European Community’s FP7/2007-2013 Project SERIES

(“Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for

European Synergies”).

The workshop is co-organised with the George E. Brown,

Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES,

USA) and will present the main outcomes of the SERIES

project and of parallel developments within NEES.

The event is dedicated to the memory of Prof Roy Severn,

who established and led the EQUALS laboratory facility at

the University of Bristol and co-ordinated seismic

infrastructure projects which preceded SERIES in past EC

Framework Programmes, notably ECOEST I and II and

ECOLEADER.

SERIES at a glance

European seismic engineering research suffers from

extreme fragmentation of research infrastructures (RI)

between countries and limited access to them by the S/T

community of earthquake engineering, especially that of

Europe’s most seismic regions. A 23-strong consortium of

the key actors in Europe’s seismic engineering research

(including 3 industrial beneficiaries) addresses these

problems in a sustainable way via a 4-year programme of activities at an annual cost to the EC which is less than

1.35% of the total present value (€190m) of the RIs’

material resources.

The project aims at bridging two gaps of RTD in

experimental earthquake engineering and structural

dynamics: (a) between Europe and the US and Japan, and

(b) between European countries with high seismicity but

less advanced RTD infrastructures on one hand and some

more technologically advanced but not so seismic Member

States on the other. The entire European RTD community in earthquake engineering is integrated via:

o A concerted program of Networking Activities,

fostering a sustainable culture of co-operation among

all research infrastructures and teams active in

European earthquake engineering.

o Co-ordinated Transnational in-person Access of Users

to a world class portfolio combining EU’s largest PsD

facility, four diverse shake tables and two centrifuges.

o Joint innovative Research toward new fundamental technologies and techniques promoting efficient and

joint use of the research infrastructures.

The scope of the project covers all aspects of seismic

engineering testing, with the participation of eight reaction

wall pseudodynamic (PsD) facilities, ten shake table labs,

EU’s unique tester of bearings or isolators, EU’s two major

centrifuges and an instrumented site for wave propagation

studies.

Participants

The workshop will be attended by researchers and

scientists from European and international research

infrastructures on earthquake engineering, including

shaking table, reaction wall, centrifuge and on-site testing

facilities.

The workshop will also be attended by users of SERIES

infrastructures within the Transnational Access activities of

the project.

Participants from other related FP7 Projects as well as

from other international research infrastructures/networks are welcome.

Event Registration

Participants are requested to register at the JRC registration site https://jrc-meeting-

registration.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ by 30 April 2013.

Venue, dates and social events

The workshop will be held in Bldg. 58c, Auditorium, Joint

Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra (Va), Italy

on 28-30 May 2013.

The organizing Committee invites all participants to three

dinners on 28, 29 and 30 May.

SERIES Concluding Workshop -

Joint with US-NEES

“Earthquake Engineering Research

Infrastructures”

JRC-Ispra, May 28-30, 2013

In memory of Prof. Roy Severn

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Attendance Fees

There will be no registration fee for the Workshop. With

the exception of invited participants, attendees are

responsible for their own travel, accommodation and

subsistence costs. All lunches and social dinners held

during the workshop will be offered free of charge, as well as all transportation from/to the main airports and train

stations to/from the hotels, meeting places and social

events.

The Workshop secretariat will provide to participants any

further information about travel and accommodation

arrangements.

Workshop Material

Relevant Workshop material will be distributed at the

Workshop. All presentations will be available for download

from the SERIES website after the Workshop www.series.upatras.gr

Workshop Organising Committee

Fabio Taucer - Joint Research Centre

Michael Fardis, Dionysis Biskinis, Vassia Vayena -

University of Patras

Julio Ramirez - Purdue University, NEES, USA

Workshop Scientific Committee

Michael Fardis – University of Patras Fabio Taucer – Joint Research Centre

Julio Ramirez – Purdue University, NEES, USA

Eduardo Cansado Carvalho – GAPRES SA

Paolo E Pinto – Università di Roma La Sapienza

André Plumier – Université de Liège

Enrique Alarcón – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Kostantin Meskouris – RWTH Aachen University

Workshop Proceedings

Full papers will be submitted by 30 June 2013, will be

peer-reviewed by two reviewers and should be of journal

calibre. The Proceedings will be published by a reputed

publisher. Contributing authors will receive a

complimentary copy of the Proceedings.

Special Session on Hybrid Simulation

A Special Session on Recent Advances in Hybrid

Simulations is organised. The scope of this Special Session

is to present recent advances on numerical methods,

testing techniques and control strategies from a hybrid

simulation perspective. Major focus will be given to

implementation aspects of software and hardware as well

as to applications to significant case studies.

With the Support of

European Community’s FP7/2007-2013 Project SERIES

(“Seismic Engineering Research Infrastructures for

European Synergies”) under grant agreement n° 227887.

Secretariat

Claudia Carniel

European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC)

TP 480, Via E. Fermi, 2749

I-21027 Ispra (VA), Italy

Tel.: +39 0332 786062, Fax: +39 0332 789049 Email: claudia.carniel@jrc.ec.europa.eu

www.series.upatras.gr

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Programme

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

08:45

09:00 Registration

09:00

09:05 Welcome (Artur Pinto, Fabio Taucer – JRC)

Hybrid Testing

(Chairs: Oreste Bursi, Shirley Dyke)

09:05

09:10 Opening remarks (Oreste Bursi)

09:10

09:30

Towards faster computations and accurate

execution of real-time hybrid simulation

Mosalam KM, Günay S

09:30

09:50

Robust integrated actuator control strategy

for real time hybrid simulation

Ou G, Dyke SJ, Wu B

09:50

10:10

Real-time earthquake simulation using force

controlled actuators

Nakata N, Krug E

10:10

10:30

Assessment of the seismic behaviour of a

retrofitted old RC highway bridge through

PsD testing

Bursi OS, Ceravolo R, Di Sarno L, Erdik M,

Paolacci F, Sartori M, Pegon P

10:30

10:45 Coffee Break

10:45

11:05

Pseudo-dynamic testing with non-linear

substructuring of a reinforced concrete bridge based on system identification and

model updating techniques

Abbiati G, Bursi OS, Cazzador E, Mei Z,

Paolacci F, Pegon P

11:05

11:25

Numerical tools for the reduction of

complex dynamic models

Abbiati G, Bursi OS, Cazzador E, Mei Z

11:25

11:45

Geographically distributed continuous

hybrid simulation tests using shaking tables

Obón Santacana F, Dorka UE

11:45

12:05

Pseudo-dynamic testing of a piping system

based on model reduction techniques

Reza MS, Abbiati G, Bonelli A, Bursi OS

12:05

12:25

Monolithic time-integration algorithms for

Hamiltonian systems suitable for real-time

hybrid simulations

Abbiati G, Bonelli A, Bursi OS, Reza MS

12:25

12:45

Advanced hybrid simulation frameworks for

civil structures

Phillips BM, Spencer BF Jr.

12:45

13:40 Lunch Break

13:40

14:00

A support platform for distributed hybrid

testing

Lamata Martinez I, Obón Santacana F, Williams MS, Blakeborough A, Dorka UE

14:00

14:20

Dynamic substructuring for soil structure

interaction using a shaking table

Tang Z, Dietz M, Li Z, Taylor C

14:20

14:40

Real-time hybrid testing for soil-structure

interaction: An adaptive signal processing

framework

Dertimanis VK, Mouzakis HP, Psycharis IN

14:40 15:00

Towards an implementation of the FHT technique for SSI systems using nonlinear

macroelements

Chatzigogos CT, Dietz M, Pecker A,Tang Z

15:00

15:20 Roundtable discussion

15:20

15:35 Coffee Break

SERIES Transnational Access to Centrifuge

Facilities

(Chairs: Gopal Madabhushi, Khalid Mosalam)

15:35

15:40 Opening remarks (Gopal Madabhushi)

15:40

16:00

Centrifuge modeling of dynamic behavior of

box-shaped underground structures in sand

Ülgen D, Sağlam S, Özkan MY, Chazelas J-L

16:00

16:20

Investigation of the seismic behaviour of

shallow rectangular underground structures in soft soils using centrifuge experiments

Tsinidis G, Rovithis E, Pitilakis K,

Chazelas J-L

16:20

16:40

Investigation of several aspects affecting

the seismic behaviour of shallow rectangular

underground structures in soft soils

Tsinidis G, Heron C, Madabhushi SPG,

Pitilakis K, Stringer M

16:40

17:00

Experimental verification of shallow

foundation performance under earthquake-induced liquefaction

Karamitros DK, Cilingir U, Bouckovalas GD,

Madabhushi SPG, Papadimitriou AG,

Haigh SK

17:00

17:20

Centrifuge modelling of the performance of

liquefaction mitigation measures for shallow

foundations

Marques A, Coelho P, Haigh SK,

Madabhushi SPG

17:20

17:40

Centrifuge modeling of pairs of flexible

retaining walls in saturated sand under

seismic actions

Aversa S, De Sanctis L, Maiorano RMS,

Tricarico M, Viggiani G, Conti R,

Madabhushi SPG, Stringer M, Heron C

17:40

18:00

Experimental and numerical investigations

of nonlinearity in soils using advanced

laboratory-scaled models: An application to

the Rome historical centre

Bozzano F, Bretschneider A, Giacomi AC,

Martino S, Scarascia Mugnozza G, Escoffier

S, Lenti L, Chazelas J-L, Favraud C, Macé D

18:00

18:20 Roundtable discussion

20:00 Social Dinner

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Wednesday, 29 May 2013

US-NEES developments

(Chairs: Julio Ramirez, Artur Pinto)

09:00

09:05 Opening remarks (Julio Ramirez)

09:05

09:25

The George E. Brown, Jr., Network for

Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES): Accelerating improvements in seismic

design and performance by serving as a

global collaboratory for discovery and

innovation

Ramirez J

09:25

09:45

Promoting re-use of Earthquake Engineering

data through the NEEShub

Browning J

09:45 10:05

Re-use of experimental earthquake data for research: Three illustrative examples

Van de Lindt JW

10:05

10:25

Communicating earthquake engineering:

The education, outreach, and training

activities of the George E. Brown, Jr.

Network for Earthquake Engineering

Simulations

Fossum B

10:25

10:45

Damping estimation from seismic records

Bernal D

10:45 11:00

Coffee Break

SERIES Networking Activities: Distributed Database and Qualification of Research

Infrastructures

(Chairs: Pierre Pegon, JoAnn Browning)

11:00

11:05 Opening remarks (Pierre Pegon)

11:05

11:25

A faceted lightweight ontology for

earthquake engineering research projects

and experiments

Hasan MR, Farazi F, Bursi OS, Reza MS

11:25

11:45

The SERIES Virtual Database:

Architecture and implementation

Lamata Martinez I, Ioannidis I, Fidas C,

Williams M, Pegon P

11:45

12:05

The SERIES Virtual Database:

Exchange format, local DBs and central

portal interface

Bosi A, Kotinas I, Martinez IL, Bousias S,

Chazelas J-L, Dietz M, Hasan MR, Madabhusi

SPG, Prota A, Blakeborough T, Pegon P

12:05

12:25

Qualification of seismic research testing

facilities in Europe

Zola M, Taucer F

12:25

12:45

Roundtable discussion

(US-NEES developments and SERIES Νetworking Αctivities)

12:45

13:45 Lunch Break

SERIES Transnational Access to Shaking Table

Facilities on masonry, RC and steel structures

(Chairs: Alberto Pavese, Brian Phillips)

13:45

13:50 Opening remarks (Alberto Pavese)

13:50

14:10

Full scale testing of modern unreinforced

thermal insulation clay block masonry

houses

Lu S, Jäger A, Mendes L, Campos Costa A,

Candeias P, Coelho E, Degée H, Mordant C,

Sendova V, Rakicevic ZT, Tomazevic M

14:10

14:30

Assessment of innovative solutions for

non-load bearing masonry enclosures

Leite J, Lourenço PB, Vintzileou E,

Palieraki V, Correia AA, Candeias P,

Campos Costa A, Coelho E

14:30

14:50

Seismic behaviour of L- and T-shaped

unreinforced masonry shear walls

Mordant C, Dietz M, Vasseur L, Degée H

14:50 15:10

Shake table testing of a half scaled RC-URM walls structure

Tondelli M, Petry S, Lanese I, Beyer K,

Peloso S

15:10

15:30

Experimental and numerical investigation of

torsionally irregular RC shear wall buildings

with Rutherma breakers

Yakut A, Le Maoult A, Richard B, Ragueneau

F, Atanasiu GM, Scheer S, Diler S

15:30

15:50

Assessment of the seismic response of

concentrically-braced steel frames

Broderick BM, Hunt A, Mongabure P,

LeMaoult A, Goggins JM, Salawdeh S,

O’Reilly G, Beg D, Moze P, Sinur F,

Elghazouli AY, Plumier A

15:50

16:05 Coffee Break

SERIES Transnational Access to Shaking Table

Facilities on wood structures / General on

Experimental facilities

(Chairs: Alberto Pavese, Narutoshi Nakata)

16:05

16:25

Seismic performance of laminated wood

frames with moment connections under

seismic loads: Experimental investigation

Kasal B, Heiduschke A, Pospisil S, Urushadze S, Zembaty Z

16:25

16:45

Investigation of seismic performance of

multi-storey timber buildings

Piazza M, Tomasi R, Campos Costa A,

Candeias P

16:45

17:05

Experimental study on seismic performances

of precast concrete shear wall with joint

connecting beam

Lu X, Wang D, Zhao B

17:05

17:25

Full-scale PsD testing of the SAFECAST

three-storey precast concrete buildings

Bournas D, Negro P, Molina F-J

17:25

17:45

Experimental earthquake engineering

research in LNEC: Contribution to global

seismic performance assessment of

structures

Coelho E, Campos Costa A, Candeias P,

Mendes L, Correia A

17:45

18:05 Roundtable discussion

20:00 Social Dinner

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Thursday, 30 May 2013

Analytical and Experimental work on soil structure

interaction, wave propagation and field testing,

including SERIES Transnational Access to Shaking

Table Facilities

(Chairs: Alain Pecker, Dionisio Bernal)

09:00

09:05 Opening remarks (Alain Pecker)

09:05

09:25

Caisson foundations subjected to seismic

faulting: Reduced-scale physical modelling

Anastasopoulos I, Zarzouras O, Georgarakos

T, Drossos V, Gazetas G

09:25 09:45

Effect of soil structure interaction on higher modes participation

Mirfattah SA, Mirfattah SK

09:45

10:05

Estimation of soil structure interaction

effects, considering the frequency content

of the motion

Mirfattah SH, Mirfattah SA

10:05

10:25

Development of new infinite element for

numerical simulation of wave propagation

in soil media

Sesov V, Edip K, Cvetanovska J

10:25 10:40

Coffee Break

10:40 11:00

Design and construction of laminar container for 1-g shaking table tests

Sesov V, Cvetanovska J, Edip K,

Rakicevic ZT

11:00

11:20

Analysis of the dynamic behavior of squat

silos containing grain-like material

subjected to shaking table tests

Foti D, Ivorra S, Trombetti T, Silvestri S,

Gasparini G, Taylor C, Dietz M

11:20 11:40

Study of multi-building interactions and site-city effect through an idealized

experimental model

Schwan L, Boutin C, Dietz M, Padron LA,

Bard P-Y, Castellaro S, Ibraim E, Maeso O,

Aznárez JJ, Taylor C

11:40

12:00

EuroProteas: A full-scale experimental

facility for soil-foundation-structure

interaction studies

Pitilakis D, Rovithis E, Anastasiadis A, Pitilakis K

12:00 12:20

Roundtable discussion

12:20 13:15

Lunch break

13:15

14:15 Visit to the ELSA laboratory

Analytical and Experimental Techniques / SERIES

Transnational Access to Reaction Wall Facility

(Chairs: Fabio Taucer, John Van de Lindt)

14:15

14:20 Opening remarks (Fabio Taucer)

14:20

14:40

In-situ seismic performance tests of a

scoured bridge

Chang K-C

14:40

15:00

Validation of a visual deformation

measurement system

Binbir E, Demir C, Ispir M, Ilki A

15:00

15:20

Development of wireless sensors for shake

table and full scale testing and health

monitoring of structures

Rakicevic ZT, Markovski I, Filipovski D,

Micajkov S, Garevski M

15:20

15:40

Recent advances in seismic design of RC tall

buildings using ultra-high-strength

materials in Taiwan

Hwang S-J

15:40

16:00

Refined and simplified numerical models of

an isolated old highway bridge for PsD tests

Paolacci F, Alessandri S, Mohamad A,

Corritore D, Derisi R

16:00

16:20

Full-scale experimental validation of dual

eccentrically braced frame with removable links

Stratan A, Dubina D, Ioan A, Taucer F,

Poljansek M

16:20

16:35 Roundtable discussion

16:35

16:50 Coffee Break

16:50

17:20

Conclusions and Recommendations

(Michael Fardis, Julio Ramirez,

SERIES External Scientific Committee)

17:20

17:30 A Tribute to Roy Severn (Colin Taylor)

20:00 Social Dinner

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3. Proceedings

The following table presents the titles and author names of 30 contributions submitted so far

for the Workshop Proceedings in the form of full papers. These full papers are attached

further on (final editing is underway). The hardbound volume will be released by a reputed

publisher, after the project end, and will include more contributions which are forthcoming.

No. Title Author(s) Affiliation

Hybrid Testing

1 Towards faster computations and

accurate execution of real-time hybrid

simulation

Mosalam KM, Günay S University of California,

Berkeley (USA)

2 Pseudo-dynamic testing based on non-

linear dynamic substructuring of a

reinforced concrete bridge

Abbiati G, Bursi OS,

Cazzador E, Ceravolo R,

Mei Z, Paolacci F, Pegon P

UNITN (IT), Harbin Institute

of Technology (China),

University of Roma Tre (IT),

JRC (IT)

3 Geographically distributed continuous

hybrid simulation tests using shaking

tables

Obon Santacana F, Dorka

U

UNIKA (DE)

4 Hybrid simulations of a piping system

based on model reduction techniques

Reza Md.S, Abbiati G,

Bonelli A, Bursi OS

UNITN (IT)

5 A support platform for distributed

hybrid testing

Martinez IL, Obon

Santacana F, Williams MS,

Blakeborough A, Dorka

UE

UOXF (UK), UNIKA (DE)

6 Substructuring for soil structure

interaction using a shaking table

Dietz M, Tang Z, Taylor

C, Li Z

Kyoto University (JP),

UNIVBRIS (UK), Beijing

University of Technology

(China)

7 On the control of shaking tables in

acceleration mode: An adaptive signal

processing framework

Dertimanis VK, Mouzakis

HP, Psycharis IN

NTUA (GR)

TA to Centrifuge Facilities

8 Centrifuge modeling of dynamic

behavior of box shaped underground

structures in sand

Ülgen D, Saglam S, Özkan

Y, Chazelas J-L

MSKÜ, ADU, METU (TR)

9 Dynamic response of shallow

rectangular tunnels in sand by

centrifuge testing

Tsinidis G, Rovithis E,

Pitilakis K, Chazelas J-L

AUTH (GR), Earthquake

Planning and Protection

Organization (GR),

IFSTTAR (FR)

10 Centrifuge modelling of the dynamic

behavior of square tunnels in sand

Tsinidis G, Heron C,

Pitilakis K, Madabhushi

SPG

AUTH (GR), UCAM (UK)

11 FLIQ: Experimental verification of

shallow foundation performance under

earthquake-induced liquefaction

Bouckovalas GD,

Karamitros DK,

Madabhushi GSP,Cilingir

U, Papadimitriou AG,

Haigh SK

NTUA (GR),

UCAM (UK),

University of Thessaly (GR)

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12 Centrifuge modelling of retaining walls

embedded in saturated sand under

seismic actions

Aversa S, De Sanctis L,

Maiorano RMS, Tricarico

M, Viggiani G, Conti R,

Madabhushi G

Università degli Studi di

Napoli “Parthenope” (IT),

Università degli Studi di Roma

Tor Vergata (IT), UCAM

(UK)

13 Experimental and numerical

investigations of nonlinearity in soils

using advanced laboratory-scaled

models (ENINALS project): From a

site-test to a centrifuge model

Bozzano F, Martino S,

Prestininzi A, Scarascia-

Mugnozza G, Bonilla F,

Bretschneider A, Chazelas

J-L, Escoffier S, Lenti L,

Semblat J-F

Sapienza University of Rome

(IT), IFSTTAR (FR)

US-NEES developments

14 The George E. Brown, Jr., Network for

Earthquake Engineering Simulation

(NEES): Reducing the impact of EQs

and Tsunamis

Ramirez JA Purdue University (USA)

SERIES Networking Activities

15 A faceted lightweight ontology for

earthquake engineering research

projects and experiments

Hasan Md, Feroz Farazi,

Oreste S. Bursi , Md.

Shahin Reza

UNITN (IT)

16 The SERIES Virtual Database:

Architecture and implementation

Hasan MdR, Farazi F,

Bursi OS, Reza Md S

UNITN (IT)

17 The SERIES Virtual Database:

Exchange data format and local/central

databases

Bosi A, Kotinas I, Lamata

Martinez I, Bousias S,

Chazelas JL, Dietz M,

Hasan MR, Madabhusi

SPG, Prota A,

Blakeborough T, Pegon P

VCE (AT), UPATRAS (GR),

IFSTTAR (FR), UNIVBRIS

(UK), UNITN (IT), UCAM

(UK), UNAP (IT), UOXF

(UK), JRC (IT)

18 Qualification of seismic research

testing facilities in Europe

Zola M, Taucer F PeP (IT), JRC (IT)

SERIES TA to Shaking Table Facilities on masonry, RC and steel structures

19 Shake table testing of a half-scaled RC-

URM wall structure

Tondelli M,Petry S,

Lanese I, Peloso S, Beyer

K

EESD EPFL (CH),

EUCENTRE TREES Lab (IT)

20 Experimental and numerical

investigation of torsionally irregular

RC shear wall buildings with Rutherma

breakers

Yakut A, Le Maoult A,

Richard B, Atanasiu GM,

Ragueneau F,Scheer S,

Diler S

METU (TR), CEA (FR), ENS

Cachan, LMT (FR), TUIasi

(RO), SCHÖCK Company

(DE)

21 Assessment of the seismic response of

concentrically-braced steel frames

Broderick BM, Goggins

JM, Beg D, Elghazouli

AY, Mongabure P, Le

Maoult A, Hunt A,

Salawdeh S, Moze P,

O’Reilly G, Sinur F

Trinity College Dublin (IE),

CEA (FR), Imperial College

London (UK), NUI Galway

(IE), UL (SI), University of

Liege (BE)

22 Shaking table test design to evaluate

earthquake capacity of a 3-storey

building specimen composed of cast-

in-situ concrete walls

Ivorra S,Foti D, Ricci I,

Gasparini G, Silvestri S,

Trombetti T

Universidad de Alicante (ES),

Technical University of Bari

(IT), University of Bologna

(IT)

SERIES TA to Shaking Table facilities on wood structures / General on experimental facilities

23 High-performance composite-

reinforced earthquake resistant

buildings with self-aligning capabilities

Kasal B, Polocoser T,

Guindos P, Urushadze S,

Pospisil S, Heiduschke A,

TU Braunschweig/Fraunhofer

WKI (DE), HESS Timber,

LLC. (DE), ITAM Prague

12

Ruther N, Zembaty Z (CZ), University Opole (PO)

24 Experimental study on seismic

performances of precast concrete shear

wall with joint connecting beam

Lu X, Wang D, Zhao B Tongji University, Shanghai

(China)

25 The importance of connections in

seismic regions: Full-scale testing of a

3-storey precast concrete building

Bournas D, Negro P,

Molina F-J

University of Nottingham

(UK), JRC (IT)

Analytical and Experimental work on SSI, wave propagation and field testing, including SERIES TA to

Shaking Table Facilities

26 Caisson foundations subjected to

seismic faulting: Reduced-scale

physical modeling

Anastasopoulos I,

Zarzouras O, Drossos V,

Gazetas G

NTUA(GR)

27 Development of new infinite element

for numerical simulation of wave

propagation in soil media

Sesov V, Garevski M, Edip

K, Bojadjieva J

IZIIS (MK)

28 Analysis of the dynamic behaviour of

squat silos containing grain-like

material subjected to shaking table tests

Foti D, Trombetti T,

Silvestri S, Di Chiaccio L,

Ivorra S, Taylor C, Dietz

M

University of Alicante (ES),

Technical University of Bari

(IT), University of Bologna

(IT), UNIVBRIS (UK)

29 Multi-building interactions and site-

city effect: An idealized experimental

model

Schwan L, Boutin C, Dietz

M, Padron LA, Bard P-Y,

Ibraim E, Maeso O,

Aznárez JJ, Taylor C

University of Lyon (FR),

UNIVBRIS (UK), Universidad

de Las Palmas de Gran

Canaria (ES), IFSTTAR (FR),

University of Grenoble (FR),

University of Bologna (IT)

Analytical and experimental techniques/ SERIES TA to Reaction Wall Facility

30 Development of wireless sensors for

shake table and full scale testing and

health monitoring of structures

Rakicevic ZT, Markovski

I, Filipovski D, Micajkov

S, Garevski M

IZIIS (MK)