summation of three projects from the Data Despot
DesignSafe, a web-based open platform, allows users to conduct simulations in high-performance computing resources, curate and publish their data on natural hazards engineering researches. This is made possible by the high-level end to end data management and computational services offered, which in turn enhances lifecycle research in the field. The broad range of data gathered from various investigative methods, including simulations, social science studies, experiments to mention a few, allows the researches to generate vast and complex data sets. DesignSafe comprises different services and components, among them being Data Depot, which is the heart of cyberinfrastructure and provides direct support for data sharing and collaboration. Against that background, this paper aims at giving a summation of three projects from the Data Despot.
Firstly, the project PRJ-2664, Earthquake in the Philippines, looks into the description, damage to the structures, effects to the community, and the resilience aspects of the earthquake that took place on December 15, 2019. This earthquake was the fourth one to hit the region in a span of two months, a rare occurrence for seismic hazards. The inferences of the quake showed that irrespective of previous weakening of the buildings by the prior large earthquakes, there was minimal building collapsing, and this can be said to be a result of relatively low levels of ground shaking, which indicated good structural performance. Also, in-plane and out of- plane, interactions resulted in damage of infill walls leading to fatal consequences, including deaths and an increase in evacuation time. Subsequently, demeaning necessary to take caution of the debris generated from the failure of infill walls.
The Post Hazard Functionality of Roadways and Highway Bridges project contains data that intends on creating a more precise understanding and characterization of post hazard repair and restoration for the post hazard decision making and durations. Created by SurveyMonkey, the survey aims at providing data gathered from experts to improve resilience modeling of the transportation infrastructure. The responses of the survey contained in datasets, encompassed of ten files, which each of them containing crucial information for the achievement of the purpose of the project. This is in addition to the image folder, which carries all relevant images illustrating the damage levels and scenarios for the project.
The PRJ-2577, The Typhoon Hagibis, and October 12, 2019, earthquake is a project that looks into the impacts of the concurrent multi-hazard destruction of structures as it’s a rare occurrence. While the current US building codes do not incorporate the load combination of wins and earthquakes, these events warrant the revisitation of this combination, creating an all-inclusive new design. The project further highlights the necessity of instrumentation in buildings while also looking into the effects of the significant tropical cyclones. Further, the project inferences posit the necessity of the community participation in the development of tools and methods necessary for systematic documentation and quantification in relation to resilience and recovery time.