This project involves researchers
at ten universities and was developed to demonstrate the capabilities
of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
(NEES). The research plan includes four primary components: (1)
four complementary experimental programs which will investigate
key aspects of soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI), (2)
refinement of computational simulation models for SFSI, (3) management
of the data and metadata generated in the investigation, and (4)
outreach to the earthquake engineering community.
Experimental research will include
centrifuge tests at the University of California, Davis; shaking
table tests at the University of Nevada, Reno; field tests at the
University of Texas, and structural tests at Purdue University.