Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Strategic Initiatives Jack Moehle Director, PEER CSSC October 4, 2006

Program history 1967 Today EERC PEER NSF & CA Funding NSF (GC) & CA Funding

PEER Just Funded NSF NEES Grand Challenge: Seismic Performance of Nonductile Concrete Buildings Leadership team

PEER Strategic Vision With help from the State of California, expand our practical research program

Partnership with CSSC to Jointly Coordinate and Manage Large Seismic Research Projects at the State Level Partnership with CSSC to Jointly Coordinate and Manage Large Seismic Research Projects at the State Level

Practical Research on Seismic Hazard Decision Variable Intensity Measure Damage Measure Engineering Demand Parameter PEER NGA Project

Future Projects in Seismic Hazard Include near-fault effects in attenuation models –Example: in CA, there are 8386 bridges (out of 12550), 67%, within 10 km of faults

Seismic Hazard Include vertical ground motion in attenuation models Develop attenuation of subduction earthquakes

Seismic Hazard Structures crossing faults Tsunami hazard map of CA and its implications

OPENOPEN OPENOPEN OPENOPEN Future Projects on Buildings  NSF Grand Challenge: Nonductile buildings  Has limited and well-defined scope  Expand the research for:  Schools, hospitals; Statewide  Comprehensive inventory  Identify “killer” buildings  Cost-effective retrofit alternatives  Based on experiments and analyses

Future Projects on Buildings  Tall Buildings Initiative

Future Projects on Buildings Loss estimation for residential buildings in Hayward Fault Scenario Regional impacts from loss of housing stock –Impacts on shelters –Impacts on local economy

Future Lifelines Projects Improved bridge structure operability –Saves repair costs, –Down time d Force Residual Displacement Time d r Disp. d max d r Conventional RC Partially Prestressed Force Disp. Reduce unnecessary conservatism in bridge design –Saves State budget

Future Lifelines Projects Seismic reliability of systems and networks: –Electric networks –Transportation networks Development of performance criteria for civil structures –Quantify acceptable probability of “failure” –Such as for dams Transmission Lines Red=500 kv Blue=230 kv Purple=115 kv Green=60 kv

Future Lifelines Projects Seismic performance and hazard mitigation for levees –Multi-disciplinary research for the State of CA

Education Program Program objective: –Build a diverse pool of well-educated students for the earthquake engineering profession Internships Competitions Courses K-12 Shake Table Competition

Expand Outreach Activities Earthquake related educational materials for schools More conferences, media, …

PEER Administrative Infrastructure During FY , PEER administrative infrastructure costs, using CA State General Funds: A total of $500,000: –$340,000 – PEER Staff salaries –$160,000 – Misc. Expenses (supplies, meetings, travel, etc.): –Admin Director –Outreach Director –Two AA III’s –Publication editor –Web master

Estimated Budget PROJECT/INITIATIVESOURCE OF FUNDING BUDGETREMARKS Grand Challenge Project on Nonductile Concrete Buildings NSF$3,600,000The expansion of scope, as listed in this report, is not funded by the NSF. Tall Buildings InitiativesNSF, City & County of SF, FEMA ~ 1,000,000The expansion of scope listed in this report is not funded Other projects listed in this report ~ 5,000,000 annually $0.5M: Education, admin infrastructure, etc. $1M: Transportation fund $3.5M:Requested additional funding for new initiatives

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) Strategic Initiatives