Dam Safety Research Using NEES Equipment Sites A GrandChallenge Proposal submitted and Denied by the

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Dam Safety Research Using NEES Equipment Sites
A Grand-Challenge Proposal submitted (and
Denied by) the National Science Foundation
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1. What is NEES

• NEES (Network of Earthquake Engineering
  Simulations, http//nees.org ) opens the field of
  earthquake engineering research to a broader and
  more diverse community by
• Provides access to the world's largest and most
  advanced experimental facilities for performing
  earthquake engineering experiments
• Operates an IT infrastructure capable of
  integrating lab experiments with computer models
• Motivates the research community to collaborate
  with distant colleagues using a shared, web-based
  environment
• Fosters the open exchange of data and information
  among researchers and practicing engineers
  through shared, web-accessible repositories
• Creating active programs of education and
  outreach committed to improving seismic safety

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NEES SITES

• Each of NEES's 15 shared laboratory facilities
  enables researchers to explore a different aspect
  of the complex way that soils and structures
  behave as a result of earthquakes and tsunamis.
• The laboratories fall into five general
  categories
• Shake tables
• Tsunamic wave basin
• Geotechnical centrifuge
• Field experimentation and monitoring
• Large-scale laboratory experimentation (e.g. CU-
  Boulder)
• NSF committed to 5 5 years of funding, we are
  embarking in year 3!
• http//nees.org

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Geographical Distribution
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Organization of NEES Pieces
80 million infrastructure30 million/year for
10 years, total 400 millions
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Grand-Challenge Proposals

• Every year NSF/NEES fund one new Grand-Challenge
  Proposal which responds to major societal needs.
• University of Colorado and 10 other Universities
  submitted a proposal to investigate the seismic
  safety of dams and levees.

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Preliminary list of research needs collected by
Bureau
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VISION of Research Proposal

• Advance the State of the Art and the State of the
  Practice in seismic safety assessment of dams and
  levees through the integration of collaborative
  research and engineering education using the
  unique experimental and IT resources of NEES.

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TASKS

• Numerical simulation Modify OpenSees to enable
  the seismic risk assessment of
• Concrete arch and gravity dams
• Embankment dams and levees (with risk of
  liquefaction)
• Evaluation of Concrete Dams
• Field tests of concrete dams forced vibration
  tests (using UCLA equipment).
• Shaking table test of a concrete dam with
  mitigation scheme (at U-Nevada, Reno shaker)
• Laboratory tests of dynamic uplift in concrete
  dams (at U-Colorado FHT equipment site).
• Engineering validation Validation and
  verification of OpenSees software for Concrete
  dams.
• Probabilistic safety assessment and fragility
  curves Determination of fragility curves for
  concrete dams with and without mitigation
  measures.
• Evaluation of Embankment Dams and Levees
• In Situ characterization of levees and embankment
  dams field tests to characterize dam/levee
  materials (using U-Texas-Austin equipment)
• Centrifuge tests of improved and non-improved
  embankment dams, levees (at UC-Davis equipment
  site)
• Engineering validation Validation and
  verification of OpenSees software for
  geotechnical structures.
• Probabilistic safety assessment and fragility
  curves Determination of fragility curves for
  embankment dams and levees with and without
  remediation measures.
• Socio-Economic Impact
• Flood simulation Dynamic simulation of flood
  resulting from the breaching of a dam.
• Societal impact of dam failure on evacuation,
  disaster planning and critical infrastructural
  systems, warning system assessment.
• Outreach and International
• Education Outreach (EO) to K-12
  Undergrad./graduate students Profession Public.

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Shake Table Tests
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Hybrid Testing for Dynamic Uplift
Rough deteriorating cohesive crack with dynamic
uplift
finite element nonlinear parallel Analysis (rock
and concrete)
Fast Hybrid Testing of Rock/Concrete Interface
Subsystem
Dynamic Amplification Factor
Udyn/Usta
Tele-presence
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dCOD/dt
Experiment
Parallel Analysis
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Other Laboratory Equipments
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• Flood Simulation in case of full/partial dam
  failure
• Socio-Economic Impact

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Education Outreach

• K-12 Students
• College Students
• Practicing Engineers

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Data Archiving

• The Data Sharing and Archiving Policies and
  Guidelines of NEESinc (2006) will be strictly
  abided.
• Not only will relevant data from laboratory and
  field tests be uploaded in a timely fashion, but
  also all validation and verification problems
  will be stored in the NEES repository.
• Should NEESinc authorize it, we will also ask our
  international collaborators to contribute to this
  archive.

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International Collaboration

• ICOLD The International Commission on Large
  Dams
• Canada Prof. Leger, Polytechnique de Montréal
• China Prof. Houqun Chen (Member of the Chinese
  Academy of Science), and Prof. Haibo Wang of the
  China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower
  Research
• India Prof. Paul, IIT of Roorke
• Italy CESI-RICERCA and Politecnico of Milano

• Iran Prof. Ghaemian, Shariff University
• Japan The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
• Switzerland Prof. Springman, ETH/Zurich and
  Stucky Engineers
• Turkey Prof. Tosun President of the Dam Safety
  Association in Turkey and Prof. Mustafa Erdik
  Chair of the Dept. of Earthquake Engineering at
  Kandilli Observatory.

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Budget, Duration

• 5 years
• 3.7 Million
• A lot of bureaucracy
• Easy access to NEES laboratories

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Outcome

• Proposal denied
• Can resubmit (modified) proposal in January 2008.
• Must bring dams to the attention of NSF
• Try to seek matching funds from xx to boost the
  chances of success in 2008 (about 300k/year for
  4 years from industry/governmental agencies)