SCEC UGMS Committee Meeting
Conveners: C.B. Crouse and Christine Goulet
Dates: March 17, 2017 (10:00 - 15:00)
Location: SCEC Boardroom, USC, Los Angeles
SUMMARY: The SCEC Committee for Utilization of Ground Motion Simulations (or "UGMS Committee") is tasked to develop long-period response spectral acceleration maps for Los Angeles region for inclusion in NEHRP and ASCE 7 Seismic Provisions and in Los Angeles City Building Code. The maps would be based on 3-D numerical ground-motion simulations, and ground motions computed using latest empirical ground-motion prediction equations from the PEER NGA project. This project is coordinated with (1) the SCEC Ground Motion Simulation Validation Technical Activity Group (GMSV-TAG), (2) other SCEC projects, such as CyberShake and UCERF, and (3) the USGS national seismic hazard mapping project.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome and Introductions | Tom Jordan / C.B. Crouse |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Overview of CyberShake Ground-Motion Simulations for Southern California from Engineering Perspective (PDF, 636.4kB) | Christine Goulet |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Development of Site-Specific MCER, DE & PGAM “Maps” for Southern California using CyberShake & NGA West2 GMPEs | C.B. Crouse |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Roll-Out of Site-Specific MCER, DE & PGAM Look-Up Tool for Southern California (T = 0 – 10 sec) | C.B. Crouse / Kevin Milner / Christine Goulet |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Discussion & Suggested Revisions to Look-Up Tool | Attendees |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Incorporation of New Ground-Motion “Maps” into L.A. City Building Code and Necessary Revisions to Code Provisions. What Information Does L.A. City Need to Make Decision whether to Adopt “Maps” as Replacement to ASCE 7-16 “Maps”? | Structural Engineers & L.A. City Attendees |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Update on USGS Urban Seismic Hazard Working Group | Morgan Moschetti / Art Frankel / Nico Luco |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Break | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Update on Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) Project 17 | Charlie Kircher / Nico Luco / C.B. Crouse |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | SCEC/USGS Collaboration on 2020 NEHRP Ground-Motion “Maps” for Southern California & UGMS Role | Tom Jordan / Nico Luco |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Action Items & Tentative Dates for Next UGMS Meeting | C.B. Crouse |
| 15:15 | Adjourn |
PARTICIPANTS
| UGMS Member Attending: *John Anderson (UNR) Bob Bachman (R.E. Bachman) Jack Baker (Stanford) *Jacobo Bielak (CMU) C.B. Crouse (AECOM) *Art Frankel (USGS) Christine Goulet (USC) Rob Graves (USGS) Ron Hamburger (SGH) Marty Hudson (SEAOSC AMEC) Charlie Kircher (Kircher & Associates) Nico Luco (USGS) *Paul Somerville (AECOM) |
UGMS Members Absent: Norm Abrahamson (PG&E) Curt Haselton (CSU, Chico) John Hooper (MKA) Lew Marshall (SEAOSC AMEC) Farzad Naeim (Farzad Naeim, Inc) |
Observers: *Brad Aagaard (USGS) Jesus Acosta (LA City) *Annemarie Baltay (USGS) Cairo Briceno (SEAOSC) *Scott Callaghan (USC) *Victor Cuevas (LA City) Josh Gebelein (SEAOSC) David Gill (USC) Mehrdad (AECOM) Tran Huynh (USC) Ting Lin (Marquette) Phil Maechling (USC) |
Allen Manalansan (LA City) |
*Remote Participants
