Tri-Center Meeting on Transportation Networks
October, 13-14, 2005
Las Vegas, NV
Imperial and Forum Boardrooms

Meeting Agenda

Day 1 (October 13, 2005)

8:30-9:30 Breakfast

9:30-noon Opening

1. Purpose of the meeting, breakout groups, expectations  9:30-9:45 (Reggie)
   
2. MAE Center status report 9:45-10:10 (Reggie)
   
3. MCEER Center status report 10:10-10:35 (Stu)
   
4. PEER Center status report 10:35-11:00 (Boza)
   
5. Common issues and common problems: bridge damage modeling under ground shaking and ground displacement hazards, input data needs, repair modeling, bridge fragility modeling, network analysis, system integration, multihazards 11:00-11:45 (Stu)
   
6. Discussion (to continue during lunch)

Noon-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Break-out sessions

1. Bridge damage modeling and metrics (Sashi, Shino, Reggie), Foundation and abutment damage modeling and metrics  (Kramer, Lam, Oh Sung) (Moderator : Boza)
   
2. Network Analysis (Sungbin, Travis, Young Suk, Yueyue) (Moderator: Stu)

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:45 Continue Break-out sessions

1. Repair Modeling (Kevin, Stu, Jamie), Bridge Fragility Modeling (Boza, Shino, Bryant) (Moderator: Reggie)
   
2. Network Analysis (Anne) (Moderator: Waller)

4:45-5:00 Break

5:00-6:00 Multihazards, integration into a system, use of databases, GIS, sensor networks (Moderator: Boza)

6:30-8:30 Group dinner at Planet Hollywood

Day 2 (October 14, 2005)

7:30-8:00 Breakfast

8:00-9:00 Reports from breakout sessions (15 minutes each)

9:00-10:00 Discussion (identify common issues, ways to collaborate, ways to continue this work after the sun sets on the centers)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Opportunities for collaboration and possible benchmark studies or testbeds (cross-cutting issues)

11:15-noon Wrap-up session

Noon-1:15 Lunch

Overall Workshop Objectives:

All workshop discussions and presentations shall focus on addressing the following issues in accordance with the overall objectives for this workshop:

• Coordinate research efforts in the three centers to develop improved fragility relationships for bridges with emphasis on quantifying relationships between engineering demand parameters, damage, and bridge functionality.
  
• Prioritize research needs on transportation system performance, and identify collaborative activities among Tri-Center researchers that will improve the overall assessment of transportation systems and integrate end-user needs into the development of methodologies and software tools.
  
• Define the current status and user/researcher needs to conduct seismic risk analyses of transportation networks, including the evaluation of multi-hazards.
  
• Identify opportunities to dramatically improve the ability to conduct system-level analysis of transportation networks via collaborative projects, joint publications, and joint seminars.

 WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

REFERENCE PAPERS

Bridge Modeling

Foundation Modeling

Fragility Modeling

Network Modeling and SRA