SEISMIC RISK ASSESSMENT FOR EARTH SLOPES AND DAMS Subscription form  Abstract: Seismic risk assessments for earth slopes and dams are based on evaluating the permanent displacements induced by earthquake shaking and more recently probabilistic approaches have been proposed to incorporate uncertainties into the analysis.  This presentation will describe newly developed predictive models […]

      NON-LINEAR METHODS TO ACCOUNT FOR SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION IN THE SEISMIC DESIGN OF BRIDGES Subscription form  Abstract: Modern approaches to the design of earthquake-resistant structures tend to exploit the non-linear response of constructions in order to ensure a satisfactory performance even in the occasion of very severe seismic events. Because soil is an […]

      SUPERCOMPUTING RESOURCES: THE NEW HORIZON OF THE TEXAS ADVANCED COMPUTING CENTER Subscription form  Abstract: For nearly 15 years the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin has been deploying the most powerful supercomputers for open academic research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Throughout this time, […]