Webinar Archives
Archive of recently conducted Distinguished Webinar Series seminars. Some materials may be available to active members only. Check the Archive Repository for older webinars.
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The Evolution of Performance-based Seismic Design of Bridges in Canada (Don Kennedy)
Date: Apr 9, 2025 Abstract: The seismic design of bridges in British Columbia has followed international evolving practices since the early 1980’s. Circa 1990, the Province of BC embarked on a bridge retrofit program including the Vancouver region’s nine major river and harbour crossings. These projects drew on local engineering skills plus technical expertise from internationally recognized experts in structural…
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The Metro Vancouver Seismic Microzonation Mapping Project (Dr. Sheri Molnar)
Date: Jan 15, 2025 Abstract:Prediction of probabilistic earthquake ground motion inclusive of local site effects across Metro Vancouver is a multi-faceted challenge. The Metro Vancouver seismic microzonation mapping project is a near decade multi-million dollar effort to achieve regional-scale seismic hazard mapping of Metro Vancouver including earthquake shaking de/amplification due to site and basin effects, and seismic-induced landslide and liquefaction…
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Seismic Performance of Cross-laminated Timber Shear Walls (Dr. Thomas Tannert)
Date: Nov. 29, 2024 Abstract: Timber construction is pushing new boundaries, particularly in relation to multistorey construction. Because of the higher wind and seismic loads that have to be resisted, earthquake anchoring (hold-downs) must have high load-carrying capacity to withstand these loads, high stiffness to minimize lateral deformations, and deformation compatibility to achieve the desired kinematics during an earthquake. Dr.…
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Lessons Learned from the February 6, 2023, Earthquakes in Türkiye (Group led by Dr. Murat Saatcioglu)
Date: Oct. 30, 2024 Abstract: A M7.8 earthquake occurred in southeast Türkiye, 33 km south-east of Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2013 at 4:17 local time at a depth of 10 km. A second earthquake with M7.6 hit the region only 9 hours later at 13:24 local time, 62 km north-east of Kahramanmaraş at a depth or 9 km. The earthquakes…
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What Has Been Learned from the Türkiye Earthquakes? (Dr. Carlos Ventura)
Date: Oct. 3, 2024 Abstract: On February 6th, 2023, two major earthquakes hit Türkiye, with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6, in districts of Kahramanmaraş city, at 04:17 and 13:24 local time, respectively. On February 20th, 2023, another earthquake with a magnitude of Mw 6.4 occurred in Hatay, at 20:04 local time. These earthquakes, all of which are unprecedented in recent…