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

Day 2: Beyond the Basics

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

exercise material: Examples.tar.gz