NATO SfP PROJECT 977231

SEISMIC ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS

INTERNATIONAL CLOSING WORKSHOP

30 MAY – 1 JUNE 2005

ISTANBUL - TURKEY

Background Information:

Under the NATO Project SfP 977231 entitled “Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings”, it may be recalled that the Coordination Workshop was convened during May 25–28, 2001 in Antalya, Turkey and attended by several of the project team members. At the Coordination Workshop it was unanimously decided that as part of Subproject 4 named “Training / Dissemination of Results” the most important item apart from the production of suitable research publications and technical material in the area of the project was the organization of International [as well as national] Workshops to monitor the progress of the whole project and also the associated four subprojects. It was expected that formal submissions at such workshops would later be arranged to form part of the material to be published and disseminated from the project.

In this connection, a NATO Science for Peace Workshop on Seismic Assessment and Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings was organized in Izmir, Turkey on 13 – 14 May 2003 with support from NATO and TUBITAK [ The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey ]. The 23 papers of the Workshop have been published in the NATO Science Series as Vol. IV/29.

CLOSING WORKSHOP THEME: ADVANCES IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING FOR URBAN RISK REDUCTION

In order to enable exchange of information, present intermediate analytical / experimental / other results obtained and to provide a forum for technical discussions related to continuing work in each subproject, it is planned to organize a Closing NATO International Workshop under Subproject 4 of NATO Project SfP 977231 [ with support from the Turkish Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – TUBITAK ].

The workshop shall be conducted over a period of three days between 30 May and 1 June 2005 in a suitable hotel in Istanbul. This workshop will comprise the major closing activity of the NATO SfP Project No. 977231. The application of state-of-the-art structural analysis and sophisticated experimental techniques for the understanding and mitigation of earthquake damage in order to save lives and property in future earthquakes forms the core of this multi-national NATO project. Macro-assessment of the structural health of buildings in urban areas and cutting-edge rehabilitation methods such as epoxy-bonded Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers comprise important components of the project, yielding both positive and promising results.

It is planned to divide the Workshop into five formal sessions and one informal session. The formal session themes are proposed as under:

1. Preparedness from the viewpoint of structural assessment and rehabilitation for a future large earthquake in an urban metropolis such as Istanbul, with sub-topics including, but not limited to, the following

- Urban seismic hazard assessment

- Seismic loss estimation

- Risk evaluation in urban environment

- Urban seismic planning

- Seismic rehabilitation

- Community awareness in urban risk reduction

- Recent analytical and experimental research

2. Cutting edge research in Earthquake Engineering – suitable for multinational research cooperation

Information related to the informal session and programs for spouses will be communicated later.

The organizing committee would like to welcome some distinguished researchers from leading research institutes around the world to make the forthcoming workshop a memorable event. The workshop participation is planned to be limited to 40 - 45 participants.

As in the case of the 2003 Izmir workshop we would like to come up with a NATO Science Series book. Therefore all papers will be subjected to a serious review before publication.

Final date for the submission of the abstracts:

Abstract submission is closed.

Final date for the submission of the camera ready manuscripts:

Two copies and one electronic copy (diskette, CD, etc.) of the complete text, tables and figures of your proposed article/presentation should be submitted to the workshop secretariat by April 30, 2005, and further details on this matter will be offered in due course.

On be half of the organizing committee;

Guney Ozcebe [NPD SfP977231]

e-mail: ozcebe@metu.edu.tr

S. Tanvir Wasti [Director, Subproject 4]

e-mail : a01294@metu.edu.tr

Organizing Committee:

Güney Özcebe (chairman)

S. Tanvir Wasti

Haluk Sucuoglu

Ahmet Yakut

Scientific Committee:

Ugur Ersoy

Tugrul Tankut

Polat Gülkan

James O. Jirsa

Michael Fardis

M. Semih Yucemen

Confirmed Participants:

From abroad

Amr El-Nashai, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

Artur Pinto, Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy

Christian Meyer, University of Columbia, USA

Farzad Naeim, John A. Martin & Associates, USA

Helen Crowley, Rose School, Italy

Jack P. Moehle, PEERC, Berkeley, USA

James O. Jirsa, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Khalid Mosallam, University of California, at Berkeley, USA

Kyriazis Pitilakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Mete Sozen, Purdue University, USA

Michael Fardis, University of Patras, Greece

Michele Calvi, University of Pavia, Italy

Mihail Garevski, IZIIS, Macedonia

Murat Saatcioglu, University of Ottawa, Canada

Robert J. Frosch, Purdue University, USA

Rui Pinho, University of Pavia, Italy

Sergio Alcocer, UNAM, Mexico

Sharon Wood, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Shunsuke Sugano, Hiroshima University, Japan

Uwe Dorka, University of Kassel, Germany

From Turkey

Ahmet Turer, METU

Ahmet Yakut, METU

Alper Ilki, ITU

Altug Erberik, METU

Baris Binici, METU

Ercan Yüksel, ITU

Faruk Karadogan, ITU

Guney Ozcebe, METU

Haluk Sucuoglu, METU

M. Semih Yücemen, ITU

Polat Gulkan, METU

Sevket Ozden, KU

Sinan Akkar, METU

Tanvir Wasti, METU

Tugrul Tankut, METU

Ugur Ersoy, METU

Ugurhan Akyuz, METU