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AS1170.4 Commentary
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Member article (posted 7 May 2012)
AEES member Kevin McCue has submitted an article on three important historical earthquakes in Tasmania.
AEES Newsletter
AEES Newsletter 2012, Edition 1 is now available. Download here.
AEES Conference 2012
The date and venue of the 2012 conference has been set for 7-9 December at the Gold Coast, Queensland. Download the Call for Abstracts form and have a look at a sample. Submission deadline is 1 June 2012.
AEES Discussion Forum moves online
From 21 Feb 2012 the AEES discussion group, formerly a member-only email-based mailing list, has moved to a Google Groups discussion forum. Member posts will now be visible to the public, with the aim of increasing public awareness of earthquake engineering issues in Australia. Members previously not on the mailing list can now view discussions, and if they wish to contribute they can apply for group membership online. We encourage members to share information and participate in discussions. The discussion group will be initially unmoderated, but if necessary controls will be put in place to ensure the integrity of the discussion group is maintained.
Conference Papers Available
Papers from the 2010 Perth AEES conference are available here. Copies of the 2011 proceedings are available for purchase by contacting the secretariat. A list of the 2011 papers is available here.
Professor Joe Penzien, 1924 - 2011
Elected in 2008 as one of the Legends of Earthquake Engineering, Professor Penzien died this week in California.
Prof. Penzien spent 35 years as Professor of Structural Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley in the Department of Civil Engineering specializing in the areas of dynamics of structures and earthquake engineering. More...
Christchurch report (posted 8 June 2011)
A follow-up report on observations of Christchurch, from Nawawi Chouw, Hong Hao and Helen Goldsworthy
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ERRI Mission to NZ (posted 7 Apr 2011)
Through Community Partnership funding from Arup, Tim Mote, an Engineering Geologist and leader of the Arup’s Seismic Engineering Business for the Australasian Region, and James Dismuke, a Senior Geotechnical Engineer also based in Sydney, participated on the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Learning from Earthquakes Reconnaissance Mission to assist in disaster recovery and observe the impact of the Christchurch 22 April 2011 Mw6.3 Earthquake. Download report... |
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Col Gurley questions building performance in Christchurch (posted 29 Mar 2011)
In ChCh, many (perhaps most) URM buidings were damaged and there is probably now the political will to demolish many of them. This is perhaps, not true for, say Auckland where there are many more URMs. More... |
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AEES Reconnaissance Mission to NZ Part 1 (posted 25 Mar 2011)
In the September 2010 Darfield earthquake the presence of a layer of gravel hundreds of metres deep under Christchurch was said (in a report by Tonkin and Taylor) to be responsible for the amplification of the acceleration response in the higher period range. (8 images) More... |
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AEES Reconnaissance Mission to NZ Part 2 (posted 21 Mar 2011, updated 13 Apr 2011)
The 22nd February magnitude 6.3 aftershock caused more damage than the 4th September 2010 mainshock magnitude 7.1 because it was so close to the city generating very strong ground motion between the city and Lyttelton. (30 images) More... |
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Christchurch before and after photos (posted 15 Mar 2011)
Here are some before and after photos from Christchurch from Lisa Moon, PhD candidate at Adelaide Uni under supervisor Mike Griffith. Click on the image at left to view the PDF file. |
Christchurch NZ earthquake fact sheets (posted 11 Mar 2011)
Dr Andrew Cleland, Chief Executive of IPENZ, has distrubuted fact sheets that have been produced with the help of the Geotechnical Society and the Society of Earthquake Engineering. They contain an overview of the earthquake and performance of engineered systems, liquefaction, and the building safety evaluation process.
Member article (posted 14 Jan 2011)
AEES member James Daniell has submitted a review of damaging earthquake for 2010. Member articles can be found here.
Past Conference Paper updates (posted 13 Jan 2011)
Kevin McCue has scanned the papers from the 1992 conference. The complete set is now available in the pre-1996 papers folder.
Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering
The PCEE, held once every four years since 1975, has grown over time to attract earthquake engineers from throughout the Pacific region and further afield. This ninth conference in the series promises to be another important forum for the exchange of findings and experiences in mitigating the effects of earthquake and earthquake related hazards around the Pacific Rim.
The chosen theme for the April 2011 conference, "Building an Earthquake Resilient Society", challenges participants to re-evaluate the requirements of a truly resilient society beyond the engineering context, and to incorporate the social, economic and human dimensions of earthquake engineering. Keynote presentations that explore aspects of the conference theme will be presented by eminent individuals in the field of Earthquake Engineering at the start of each day.
The Darfield Earthquake, NZ (updated 20 Sep 2010)
A dedicated page has been created for news, blogs, and images related to the earthquake that affected Christchurch.
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