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TC203 - EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND
ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS
Chair: K. Pitilakis
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1) Disseminate knowledge and practice in the field of
underground construction
At a regional level:
Encourage the participation of TC203 members at
regional workshops and conferences and organize
specialized workshops (i.e. after large earthquakes, code
initiatives etc).
Participation of TC203 members in international survey
committees or coordination of survey committees after
large earthquake.
At an international level:
To investigate the most appropriate way to create
(or/and upgrade) the web page (and portal?) of TC203 in
the framework of the existing web page of ISSMGE and
other related WebPages and portals
To propose a prize for a young researcher(s) after
adequate and severe selection process.
To continue the already established and very successful
activities such as the International Conferences of
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, the Satellite
Conferences in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in
World Conferences and the TC203 supported
conferences like the Performance Based Design
Conference
To actively support the Bulletin of Geotechnical
Engineering and the Journal of Case Histories
To encourage and support the production of high level
monographs on specific subjects
2) Improve
knowledge
and
establish
technical
recommendations and guidelines
To explore the possibilities to disseminate widely
(through specialized portals) high quality experimental
data, observations surveys, reconnaissance reports and
design-construction reports on significant structures
To define few topics for future TC203 generic activities
like (i) Performance Based Design in Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering, (ii) Liquefaction and
associated phenomena, (iii) Site characterization, Site
Effects and Design ground motion for different typology
of structures (i.e. ordinary modern buildings,
monuments, lifelines, infrastructures etc.), (iv) Large
Scale Facilities in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering,
(v) Numerical and physical procedures, (vi) Seismic
codes, (vii) Soil Structure Interaction, etc.
To create Working Groups on specific subjects
Establish permanent links with global activities (in
particular with GEER and GEM) and between research-
academia and profession.
3) Interact with other TCs and organizations
To improve the link and the participation in TC203 of
the construction industry. Active support of the
construction and consulting industry of the activities of
TC203 has to be explored
Use the website as a source of information that is
available to all members.
Endeavour to get all country representatives to
recommend published papers and reports that they
consider represent best current practice in their region or
particular field of expertise.
Encourage country representatives to submit case history
data showing recent examples of good practice.
To create Working Groups on specific subjects
TC204 - UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION
UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION IN SOFT GROUND
Chair: Adam Bezuijen
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The main topics addressed by TC204 concern the geotechnical
aspects of the design, construction and analysis of deep
excavations, tunnels and large underground structures, with
particular emphasis on the development, effects and control of
ground movements, their interaction with existing structures,
mitigation measures and risk management. In this field the
objectives for the period 2010-2013 are as follows:
1.
To disseminate knowledge and practice in the field of
underground construction
1.1.
At an international level
To organise the seventh International Conference
on "Geotechnical Aspects of Underground
Construction in Soft Ground" in Roma, 16-18
May, 2011.
To prepare the organisation of the eighth
International Conference on "Geotechnical
Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft
Ground" in 2014.
To promote a session or a workshop during the
next ICSMGE, Paris 2013.
To actively encourage the preparation of papers
from TC204 members to be published in refereed
journals and in particular for the ISSMGE
International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case
histories.
1.2.
At a regional level
To organise regional workshops at the occasion of
large or challenging projects: Crossrail in London,
Toulon road tunnel, others to be defined.
To encourage the active participation (papers,
lectures, workshops) of TC204 members at
regional conferences.
2.
To establish guidelines and technical recommendations
2.1.
To edit a list of codes and guidelines existing
worldwide in the field of geotechnical aspects of
tunnelling.
2.2.
To report during the TC204 Roma International
Symposium on the three working groups launched by
TC28:
database to store information about underground
construction projects;
guidelines for comparing field observations with
numerical simulations;
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