The Second Joint Technical Coordinating Committee Meeting
- U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research on Auto-adaptive Media (Smart Structural Systems) -
Place: The Waikiki Terrace, Honolulu, Hawaii
Date: December 7, 8 and 9, 2000
Participants from United States
Professor Mete A. Sozen, Professor Sharon L. Wood, Professor Dryver Huston,
Professor Robert Frosch, Dr. S. C. Liu
Participants from Japan
Dr. Hisahiro Hiraishi, Dr. Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Dr. Masaomi Teshigawara,
Dr. Masanori Iiba, Dr. Toshifumi Fukuta, Dr. Hiroshi Kuramoto, Dr. Koichi Morita,
Dr. Hiroshi Isoda, Professor Shunsuke Otani, Professor Akira Wada, Professor Takafumi Fujita,
Professor Yoshikazu Kitagawa, Professor Satsuya Soda,
Professor Takuji Hamamoto, Mr. Satoru Aizawa, Dr. Kiyoshi Tanaka, Mr. Hideo Murakami,
Mr. Kenji Yoshimatsu, Dr. Keiji Shiba, Dr. Yutaka Matsuba, Mr. Akiyoshi Fukuda
15:00 - 18:00 Preliminary Meeting
18:30 - 19:30 Ice-breaker Reception
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet served in Eastern Garden Restaurant (2nd level)
8:30 - 9:00 Opening Session (Chair: Dr. Sozen, Dr. Otani)
Introductory Statements (Dr. Sozen, Dr. Otani, Dr. Liu)
Introduction of Participants
9:00 - 9:15 Review of First JTCC Meeting (Dr. Hiraishi)
9:15 - 9:30 Overview of Research Project in U.S. (Dr. Sozen)
9:30 - 9:45 Overview of Research Project in Japan (Dr. Midorikawa) Paper
9:45 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 - 12:00 Structural Systems (Chair: Dr. Wood, Dr. Wada)
Autoadaptive Structural Systems (Dr. Wada) Paper
RC Structural Systems with Damage Fuses (Dr. Kuramoto) Paper
Innovative Life Safety Systems (Dr. Isoda) Paper
Plan of Large-scale Tests (Dr. Midorikawa) Paper
Plan of Tests on Rocking Systems (Dr. Matsuba) Paper
Classification of Autoadaptive Structures (Mr. Aizawa) Paper
Theme Structures for Verification of Smart Systems (Dr. Shiba) Paper
Discussions on Structural Systems
12:00 - 13:15 Lunch (Buffet served in meeting room)
13:15 - 14:30 Sensing and Monitoring Technology (Chair: Dr. Huston, Dr. Kitagawa)
Wireless Techniques for Structural Sensing(Dr. Huston)
Development of a Wireless Sensor for Detecting Weld Factures in Steel Moment-Resisting Frames(Dr. Wood)
Outline of Sensing and Monitoring Technologies (Dr. Kitagawa) Paper
Smart Sensors (Dr. Teshigawara) Paper
Damage Detection Tests of Five-story Steel Frame with Simulated Damages (Dr. Morita) Paper
14:30 - 14:45 Coffee Break
14:45 - 15:45 Structural Health Monitoring Technologies - Application to Existing Building -(Dr. Isoda) Paper
Experimental Verification for Detection Strategy to Estimate from Global to Local Damage of Multistory Buildings (Dr. Hamamoto) Paper
An Application of FBG Strain Sensors to a R/C Beam Subjected to Lateral Loading (Dr. Tanaka) Paper
Discussions on Sensing and Monitoring Technology
15:45 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:45 Effector Technology (Chair: Dr. Frosch, Dr. Fujita)
Effectors and Structures : A Challenge in the Use of Autoadaptive Media(Dr. Frosch)
Outline of Effector Technologies (Mr. Iiba) Paper
Shape Memory Alloys (Dr. Fukuta) Paper
Magneto-rheological Fluids (Dr. Soda) Paper
Induced Strain Actuators (Dr. Fujita) Paper
High performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite (Dr. Kuramoto) Paper
Discussions on Effector Technology
17:45 Adjourn (Day 1)
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet served in Eastern Garden Restaurant (2nd level)
8:30 - 10:00 Group Sessions
Structural Systems (Chair: Dr. Sozen, Dr. Wada, Record: Dr. Isoda)
Sensing & Monitoring Technology (Chair: Dr. Wood, Dr. Kitagawa, Record: Dr. Huston)
Effector Technology (Chair: Dr. Fujita, Dr. Frosch, Record: Dr. Frosch)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30 Report of Group Sessions (Chair: Dr. Sozen, Dr. Otani)
11:30 - 12:00 Plenary Session (Chair: Dr. Sozen, Dr. Otani)
Summary / Resolutions / Recommendations
12:00 Close
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