Report - PEER - University of California, Berkeley

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nonlinear dynamic) and when they should not be used. Emphasis in researchshould be on the development of nonlinear analysis procedures. For nonlinearstatic (pushover) analysis, additional research is needed on extension to irregularstructures (particularly unsymmetrical) and structures with significant highermode effects. Nonlinear dynamic procedures need improvement of largedisplacement predictions and of element hysteretic models.(6) More work needs to be done in defining appropriate performance measures, withan emphasis on providing protection against life-safety hazards and excessiveeconomic losses.Working Group on Performance-Based Design ConceptsCo-Chairs: Deierlein and FardisRecorder: AschheimWorking Group Members: Aydinoĝlu, Bachman, Bommer, Bonelli, Booth,Chopra, Comartin, Cornell, Fajfar, Fischinger, Ghobarah, Hamburger,Hutchinson, Kabeyasawa, Kawashima, Kowalsky, Krawinkler, Manfredi,Miranda, Otani, Pinho, Pinto P., Porter, Rutenberg, Shiohara, Sucuoĝlu, Tso,Whittaker, Dolšek, Franchin, Iervolino, Poljanšek, Sigmund, ZevnikConclusions and Recommendations(1) The goal of performance based seismic design (PBSD) is to assist in theengineering of cost-effective facilities, whose safety and resistance to damagefrom earthquakes meet the needs and expectations of key stakeholders andsociety at large more effectively and reliably than can be achieved with codesusing prescriptive design rules. Key incentives for the use of PBSD include:(a) Reduction in the initial capital costs of facilities designed to havecomparable performance to that implied by existing standards based onprescriptive rules.(b) Ability to design higher-performance structures that have improved safetyand lower life-cycle costs associated with seismic risk.(2) The most immediate need for and benefit from PBSD are for existing structuresand new facilities with special features that are not adequately addressed byexisting codes (e.g., innovative new structural systems, bridges on liquefiablesoils, and industrial plants with complex geometries).(3) Efforts should be continued to demonstrate the benefits that PBSD will provideto key stakeholders and, thereby, to the engineering professionals who embracePBSD in design practice. This should include pilot applications to both specialfacilities that cannot be reliably designed using current codes and standards, andto more conventional facilities.xv

(4) More attention should be given to bridges, industrial facilities, and otherimportant infrastructure facilities and systems.(5) Research efforts toward improving capabilities for prediction of collapse shouldbe emphasized. Structural collapse is defined as the state in which a structuralcomponent (for local collapse) or the structural system (for global collapse) is nolonger capable of resisting its tributary gravity load. Criteria for local collapseneed to be established and elaborated. The extent to which local collapsepropagates and conceivably leads to system collapse depends on theconfiguration and redundancy of the system and its ability to redistribute gravityloads from the failed component(s) to the neighboring ones. Much moreexperimental data on component deterioration and system collapse are needed inorder to calibrate analytical models being developed for collapse prediction.(6) A transition from presently employed prescriptive design requirements toperformance-based design requirements should be gradual in order to calibratethe consequences of performance-based design and provide safeguards against itsmisuse. Overriding issues are societal concerns with loss of life and excessivefinancial losses that may have a regional impact.(7) Research efforts toward improving analysis capabilities for structure-soilfoundationsystems should be intensified, and collaboration between structuraland geotechnical engineers should be emphasized.Working Group on Harmonization of Experimental and Analytical SimulationsCo-Chairs: Elnashai and NakashimaRecorders: A. Pinto and GhobarahWorking Group Members: Alcocer, Cosenza, Kunnath, Lowes, Negro, Otani,Reinhorn, Sritharan, Tsai, Žarnić, Kante, Kramar, Marušić, PerušAdvanced experimental facilities have become available worldwide; for example,NEES, E-Defense, JRC, and NCREE. Experiments on complex structural systems atlarger scales become more practicable; they provide great opportunities for moreaccurate characterization of various limit states of structures and ultimately foraccelerated acceptance of PBEE. New experimental facilities, techniques, anddevices require new approaches to research and development. The following specificrecommendations are along these lines.Conclusions and Recommendations(1) Testing procedures. Experimentation should cover the full range of behaviorfrom damage initiation to collapse. Test structures should contain nonstructuraland content systems to the extent feasible. In simplified test configurations,much attention needs to be paid to simulation of boundary conditions. Fieldtesting should be encouraged to provide realistic performance data. A great needxvi

(4) More attention should be given to bridges, industrial facilities, and otherimportant infrastructure facilities and systems.(5) Research efforts toward improving capabilities for prediction <strong>of</strong> collapse shouldbe emphasized. Structural collapse is defined as the state in which a structuralcomponent (for local collapse) or the structural system (for global collapse) is nolonger capable <strong>of</strong> resisting its tributary gravity load. Criteria for local collapseneed to be established and elaborated. The extent to which local collapsepropagates and conceivably leads to system collapse depends on theconfiguration and redundancy <strong>of</strong> the system and its ability to redistribute gravityloads from the failed component(s) to the neighboring ones. Much moreexperimental data on component deterioration and system collapse are needed inorder to calibrate analytical models being developed for collapse prediction.(6) A transition from presently employed prescriptive design requirements toperformance-based design requirements should be gradual in order to calibratethe consequences <strong>of</strong> performance-based design and provide safeguards against itsmisuse. Overriding issues are societal concerns with loss <strong>of</strong> life and excessivefinancial losses that may have a regional impact.(7) Research efforts toward improving analysis capabilities for structure-soilfoundationsystems should be intensified, and collaboration between structuraland geotechnical engineers should be emphasized.Working Group on Harmonization <strong>of</strong> Experimental and Analytical SimulationsCo-Chairs: Elnashai and NakashimaRecorders: A. Pinto and GhobarahWorking Group Members: Alcocer, Cosenza, Kunnath, Lowes, Negro, Otani,Reinhorn, Sritharan, Tsai, Žarnić, Kante, Kramar, Marušić, PerušAdvanced experimental facilities have become available worldwide; for example,NEES, E-Defense, JRC, and NCREE. Experiments on complex structural systems atlarger scales become more practicable; they provide great opportunities for moreaccurate characterization <strong>of</strong> various limit states <strong>of</strong> structures and ultimately foraccelerated acceptance <strong>of</strong> PBEE. New experimental facilities, techniques, anddevices require new approaches to research and development. The following specificrecommendations are along these lines.Conclusions and Recommendations(1) Testing procedures. Experimentation should cover the full range <strong>of</strong> behaviorfrom damage initiation to collapse. Test structures should contain nonstructuraland content systems to the extent feasible. In simplified test configurations,much attention needs to be paid to simulation <strong>of</strong> boundary conditions. Fieldtesting should be encouraged to provide realistic performance data. A great needxvi

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