S09 Earthquake Engineering Research and Practices in Seasonally Frozen and Permafrost Conditions

Description:

Many areas of the broad cold regions including Alaska and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, among others, are under the influence of strong seismic activities. With the development of natural resources in these areas, seismic issues have emerged as one of the dominant factors for civil infrastructure design. This special session is intended to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss earthquake engineering research advancements and designs for civil engineering in cold regions. Papers dealing with fundamental, analytical, or experimental research on the seismic performance of civil structures, analysis and design of civil structures considering cold regions environments, and understanding the influence of seasonally frozen ground /permafrost on the observed ground motions, are welcome for this session.

Conveners:

Z. (Joey) Yang
Professor,
School of Engineering, University of Alaska
3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
Tel: 907-786-6431
Fax: 907-786-1079
Email: afzy@uaa.alaska.edu

U. Dutta
Professor,
School of Engineering, University of Alaska
3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
Fax: 907-786-1079
Email: afud@uaa.alaska.edu

Sri Sritharan, Ph.D.
Professor,
Dept. of Civil, Construction, & Environ. Engr.
394 Town Engineering, Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011, USA
Tel: 515-294-5238;
Fax: 515-294-7424
Email: sri@iastate.edu

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Early Registration:
May 31, 2008

Paper Submission:
August 15, 2008 (Beijing Time)