A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment
With the goal to facilitate evaluation and mitigation of the risks from natural hazards, the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure’s Computational Modeling, and Simulation Center (NHERI SimCenter) is developing computational workflows for regional hazard simulations. These simulations...
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| author | Gregory G. Deierlein Frank McKenna Adam Zsarnóczay Tracy Kijewski-Correa Ahsan Kareem Wael Elhaddad Laura Lowes Matthew J. Schoettler Sanjay Govindjee |
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| description | With the goal to facilitate evaluation and mitigation of the risks from natural hazards, the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure’s Computational Modeling, and Simulation Center (NHERI SimCenter) is developing computational workflows for regional hazard simulations. These simulations enable research to combine detailed assessments of individual facilities with comprehensive regional-scale simulations of natural hazard effects. By integration of multi-fidelity and multi-resolution models to assess natural hazard impacts on buildings, infrastructure systems and other constructed facilities, the approach enables the engineering analysis of public policies and socio-economic impacts. Effective development of platforms for high-resolution regional simulations requires modular workflows that can integrate state-of-the-art models with information technologies and high-performance computing resources. In this paper, the modular architecture of the computational workflow models is described and illustrated through testbed applications to evaluate regional building damage under an earthquake and a hurricane scenario. Developed and disseminated as open-source software on the NHERI DesignSafe Cyberinfrastructure, the computational models and workflows are enabling multi-disciplinary collaboration on research to mitigate the effects of natural hazard disasters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e91b5c944c64621ae0215592d6820392022-12-21T22:09:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Built Environment2297-33622020-11-01610.3389/fbuil.2020.558706558706A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built EnvironmentGregory G. Deierlein0Frank McKenna1Adam Zsarnóczay2Tracy Kijewski-Correa3Ahsan Kareem4Wael Elhaddad5Laura Lowes6Matthew J. Schoettler7Sanjay Govindjee8Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Stanford University, Sanford, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Stanford University, Sanford, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDepartment of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesWith the goal to facilitate evaluation and mitigation of the risks from natural hazards, the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure’s Computational Modeling, and Simulation Center (NHERI SimCenter) is developing computational workflows for regional hazard simulations. These simulations enable research to combine detailed assessments of individual facilities with comprehensive regional-scale simulations of natural hazard effects. By integration of multi-fidelity and multi-resolution models to assess natural hazard impacts on buildings, infrastructure systems and other constructed facilities, the approach enables the engineering analysis of public policies and socio-economic impacts. Effective development of platforms for high-resolution regional simulations requires modular workflows that can integrate state-of-the-art models with information technologies and high-performance computing resources. In this paper, the modular architecture of the computational workflow models is described and illustrated through testbed applications to evaluate regional building damage under an earthquake and a hurricane scenario. Developed and disseminated as open-source software on the NHERI DesignSafe Cyberinfrastructure, the computational models and workflows are enabling multi-disciplinary collaboration on research to mitigate the effects of natural hazard disasters.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2020.558706/fullnatural hazardearthquakehurricaneworkflowdisasterloss assessment |
| spellingShingle | Gregory G. Deierlein Frank McKenna Adam Zsarnóczay Tracy Kijewski-Correa Ahsan Kareem Wael Elhaddad Laura Lowes Matthew J. Schoettler Sanjay Govindjee A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment Frontiers in Built Environment natural hazard earthquake hurricane workflow disaster loss assessment |
| title | A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment |
| title_full | A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment |
| title_fullStr | A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment |
| title_short | A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment |
| title_sort | cloud enabled application framework for simulating regional scale impacts of natural hazards on the built environment |
| topic | natural hazard earthquake hurricane workflow disaster loss assessment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2020.558706/full |
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