OpenSeesDays2012

A two-day workshop on OpenSees sponsored by NEES and PEER.

August 15-16, 2012

University of California, Richmond Field Station

Workshop Evaluation

Day 1 : Getting Started

1. Introduction to OpenSees,
2. Getting Started with OpenSees, Frank McKenna
3. OpenSees & Output, Vesna Terzic
4. Basic Modeling & Analysis By Example, Frank McKenna
5. Lunch
6. Nonlinear Analysis With Examples, Frank McKenna
7. BridgePBEE Prof. Ahmed Elgamal UC San Diego
8. OpenSees-Snopt - Framework for Finite Element Based Optimization, Prof Quan Gu
9. Recommendations for simulating the response of slender concrete walls using the force- and displacement-based beam-column elements, Prof. Laura Lowes (U.Washington)
10. Extending OpenSees: Concrete Model for Continuum Element Modelling of Shear Walls Prof. Filip Filippou (UC Berkeley)
11. Introduction to NEEShub, Gemez Marshall (NEEScomm)
12. OpenSees on NEEShub, Frank McKEnna

Day 2: Beyond the Basics

1. Structural Modeling With Examples, Vesna Terzic
2. Geotechnical Modeling with Examples, Pedro Arduino
3. Adding New Code to OpenSees, Frank McKenna
4. Parallel Processing & OpenSees, Frank McKenna
5. Extending OpenSees for the Particle Method Prof. Michael Scott (Oregon State)
6. Panos Galanis (UC Berkeley)
7. State of the Practice of Nonlinear Response History Analysis, Dr. Mahmoud Hachem (Degenkolb)
8. OpenSees in Practice Soil Structure Interaction, Dr. Arash Khosravifar (Fugro)
9. Parametric Analysis of Wind Load Effects on PV Solar Roof Bearing Arrays, Rod Holland (Sunlink) and Dr. Andreas Schellenberg (R&C)
10. Using Performance-Based Earthquake Evaluation Methods to Assess the Relative Benefits of Different Structural Systems, Dr. Vesna Terzic (UC Berkeley)
11. OpenSees Challenge 2012

exercise material: examples2011.zip