Overview
Agendas and presentations of Flagship 4 Monthly Group Meetings are archived below.
22th May 2021 (Overview and update) (Meeting)
- Welcome & Introductions
- Developing NZ-specific consequence functions for seismic loss assessment (Matt Fox)
- RNC project updates (All those with on-ongoing RNC projects)
- Upcoming workshops (Tim&Rick)
- Any other business (All)
- Closing discussion (All)
14th May 2020 (Overview and update)
- Welcome & Update on QuakeCoRE rebid (Tim) (Presentation)
- Whole of Building Seismic Performance (Rick) (Presentation)
- Functional Recovery with Repairable Multi-Storey Buildings (Ken) (Presentation)
- NZSEE Resilient Buildings Project (Helen) (Presentation)
- Closing discussion (ALL)
9th May 2019 (Overview and update)
- Tim Sullivan - Intro and welcome
- Rajesh Dhakal - Overview of plans for research into the seismic performance of non-structural elements in next ILEE project (Presentation)
- Tim Sullivan - Update on the 2019-2020 Flagship 4 coordinated project
- Rick Henry - Plans for structural engineering research in QuakeCoRE rebid
14th March 2019 (Seismic design objectives - Themed Meeting)
- Tim Sullivan - Introduction
- Reagan Chandramohan - Structural collapse risk assessment and building code calibration (Presentation)
- S.R. Uma - An overview of the loss assessment process used at a regional scale
- Kieran Haymes - Developing procedures for the prediction of floor response spectra (Presentation)
31st Aug 2018 (Concrete building residual capacity and repair - Themed Meeting)
- Rick Henry - Introduction
- Kai Marder - Residual capacity of damaged and epoxy-repaired RC plastic hinges (Presentation)
- Giuseppe Loporcaro - Damage assessment of steel reinforcement (Presentation)
- Mehdi Sarrafzadeh - Determination of a Reparability Limit State for Concrete Structures (Presentation)
- Rick Henry - RC Wall Residual Capacity and Repair (Presentation)
- Des Bull - Large frame precast floor tests and opportunities for repair
- Ken Elwood - ATC/FEMA project and & E-defence test opportunity
31th July 2018 (Seismic Design of Non-structural Elements - Themed Meeting)
- Sullivan - Introduction
- Filiatrault - Automated Seismic Design of Non-structural Elements using Building Information Modelling (Presentation)
- Welch - Estimation of floor acceleration response spectra (Presentation)
- Rashid - Experimental research plans for sprinkler piping systems (Presentation)
- Dhakal - Plans for testing non-structural elements in the ILEE project (Presentation)
- Stanway - Industry views on the challenges facing seismic performance of non-structural elements (Presentation)
6th June 2018 (Low Damage Devices- Themed Meeting)
- Rodgers -Introducton
- Quinneville - RSFJ research and implementation in Nelson Airport (Presentation)
- Sause - Viscous damper research and the important influence of damper connection flexibility (Presentation)
- Tobber - Overview of the on ILEE-EERF shake table test project
24th May 2018 (Steel-Themed Meeting)
- Clifton - Introduction
- MacRae- RoBust project overview (Presentation)
- Clifton, Ramhormozian, Bagheri, Zhenduo - RoBust project structural concept including GripNGrap (Design Details) (Presentation)
Dhakal, Sullivan, Rashid - RoBust project specific nonstructural element
- Chaudhari - Slab participation in moment floors
- Alizadeh - Composite floor diaphragms overview and WSP connections (Presentation)
- Hooman Rezaeian - Composite floor diaphragm testing (Presentation)
- Jian - Buckling restrained brace studies and frame testing (Presentation)
- Zaboli - Buckling restrained brace research
- Ramhormozian - Optimized sliding hinge joint for moment resisting steel frames (Presentation)
- Hatami - Update on UoC friction sliding research
- Tjahjanto - Moment frame connections of beams to columns including slab partitions
- Orumiyehei - Effectiveness of friction connections through loss modeling studies (Presentation)
- Jared Keen (BECA) - Steel seismic issues from consulting engineers perspective (Presentation)
9th April 2018 (Timber-Themed Meeting)
- Minghao Li - Introduction
- Smith - International trends in timber design and current industry challenges
- Morris - overview of timber - BRB research at Auckland (presentation)
- Wenchen - Overview of timber - BRB research at Canterbury (presentation)
- Brown - Research into flanged CLT Core-Wall systems (presentation)
21th March 2018 (Concrete-Themed Meeting)
- Henry - Welcome and Introduction
- Sritharan - NEES rocking wall project (presentation)
- Watkins - Modeling of post-tensioned building tested at e-defence. (presentation)
- Yiqiu Lu - Update on ILEE building test. (presentation)
- Ryan - Testing of new low damage concrete wall designs. (presentation)
- Liu - Recent tests on low-damage bridge piers
2017
12th December 2017
- Welcome and general update
- Henry - low damage wall construction project updates
- Yeow - cost-effectiveness of steel beam-column friction connections (presentation)
- Khakurel - development of contribution functions for building cladding elements (presentation)
- MacRae - Update on ROBUST (new ILEE project for steel systems)
10th November 2017
- Welcome
- Elwood - Update on RfP and PhD scholarships
- Clifton - Update on low damage steel and composite steel concrete seismic projects at UoA (presentation)
- Hare - Update on low damage guidelines
- Rodgers - Update on development and system-level implementation of novel damping devices (presentation)
12th September 2017
- Welcome
- Review of Flagship 4 thrust areas for research in next 3 years
- Objectives for 3-year integrated project
- Opportunities available via RFP process and QuakeCoRE PhD Scholarships
- Proposal for focused monthly meetings in 2018
August 2017
- No meetings held this month due to QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting being held early September
25th July 2017
- Welcome
- Progress update on the five F4 projects for 2017
- Yeow - Seismic loss assessment to motivate high performance building solutions (presentation)
- Hatami - Large Friction Connection Performance and Reparability (presentation)
- Update on the MBIE document on low-damage technologies
- ILEE concrete building test update (Yiqiu Lu - presentation)
- ILEE steel building initiative (Gregory MacRae)
- Future research projects
- Performance of acceleration-sensitive components
- Buckling restrained braces out-of-plane performance
- Emerging steel systems
12th June 2017
- Welcome
- Presentations for projects aligned by Flaghship 4's aims but not funded by QuakeCoRE
- Clifton - Steel and composite steel-concrete seismic projects at UoA (presentation)
- Zarnani/Quenneville - Resilient slip friction joint (presentation)
- Ryan - NHERI TallWood (presentation)
- Case study buildings update and discussion (presentation)
9th May 2017
- Welcome
- Feedback on Wellington Low-Damage Workshop
- Update on QuakeCore Wiki webpage
- Progress update on the five F4 projects for 2017
- Yeow - Seismic loss assessment to motivate high performance building solutions (presentation)
- Hatami - Large Friction Connection Performance and Reparability
- Henry - Exploration of Lower-Damage Modifications to Conventional Reinforced Concrete Walls (presentation)
- Rodgers - Development and System-Level Implementation of Novel Damping Devices (presentation)
- Clifton - Enhanced Seismic Resilience of Light Steel Frame Pallet Racking Systems
- Description/progress update on other low-damage projects
- Shahab - Update on Travel to Europe (FREEDAM Project) and Sliding Hing Joint Recent Developments (presentation)
- Other business
- Elwood - Reparable Limit State (presentation)
3rd April 2017
- Welcome
- Means of development of fragility functions (presentation)
- Case study buildings update (presentation)
- Update on low-damage workshop
28th February 2017
- Welcome
- Flagship 4 postdoc
- Possibilities for collaboration to develop fragility functions
- Case study buildings update and discussion (presentation)
- Flagship 4 workshop at the upcoming NZSEE conference
- ILEE project update
- Proposal for a dedicated zoom call to report on last year's projects
- Possible update on the MBIE document on low-damage technologies
- Any other business
19th January 2017
- Overview of F4 structure and objectives for 2017 with review of RFP process and outcomes
- Presentations of each successful proposal
- Sullivan - Seismic loss assessment to motivate high performance building solutions
- MacRae - Large Friction Connection Performance and Reparability (presentation)
- Rodgers - Development and System-Level Implementation of Novel Damping Devices
- Henry - Exploration of Lower-Damage Modifications to Conventional Reinforced Concrete Walls (presentation)
- Clifton - Enhanced Seismic Resilience of Light Steel Frame Pallet Racking Systems
- Thoughts on the selection of F4 case study buildings
- Ides for cross-collaboration
- Any other items to discuss
- Date for next meeting
2016
26 July 2016
- Presenters: Morris, Rodgers. Link to Presentations.
28 June 2016
- Agenda
- Presenters: Norouzzadeh, Djojo. Link to Presentations.
24 May 2016
- Agenda
- Presenters: Hogan, Motter. Link to Presentations.
26 April 2016
- Presenters: Elwood. Link to Presentations.
22 March 2016
- Presenters: Palermo, Sarti, Clifton. Link to Presentations.