NEES RESEARCH
Seismic Performance of Bridge Systems with
Conventional and Innovative Design
PI: M. Saiid Saiidi (UNR)
UNR NEES || BRIC
Welcome!
Dear Visitor:
Welcome to our website! To fully understand the performance of structures
under any loading, it is generally necessary to
conduct integrated large-scale
testing in combination with high power computing using reliable models. The
opportunity to
study
large-scale models of civil engineering systems was
substantially expanded in 2004 by the establishment of the
George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) funded by the National Science Foundation.
Structured to serve as a national co-laboratory with nodes distributed at 15 institutions, NEES enables multidisciplinary researchers to combine their expertise and investigate multi-faceted problems and systems with depth and scale not possible before. As one of the major projects in the first series of NEES research (NEESR) funded by the National Science Foundation, our study is addressing two important aspects of bridge seismic response, both focused on system performance: (1) behavior of modern concrete bridges reinforced with conventional materials, and (2) development and evaluation of bridges with innovative materials and details. We hope in this web site to provide you with information about the project and its activities. Please explore the site and share with us your comments. Thank you for visiting us.
Acknowledgments
Our special gratitude goes to Dr. Steve McCabe, the NSF Program Director for the initial part of the project, and to Dr. Joy Pauschke, the current NSF Program Director, for their dedicated support and guidance.
The material in this site is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CMS-0420347. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
M. Saiid Saiidi
Project Director and Principal Investigator
