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CESG599 - NHERI

An introduction to NHERI Simcenter tools and DesignSafe Resources

Authors:

Kendra Mutch, Erick Martinez, Jose Barreto, Chungen Tai, Morgan Sanger, Luis Guerrero, Daniel Acosta, and Pedro Arduino

Course Description

This course explores the fundamentals of SimCenter tools and the DesignSafe infrastructure. The course employs a self-directed approach, where students are guided through a structured framework designed for this format. Over 10 weeks, the course explores the core concepts of SimCenter and DesignSafe, and examines four to five SimCenter tools, focusing on one tool every two weeks. Students are tasked with mastering the essentials of each tool and delivering presentations to the class. Additionally, they work through one or more practical examples for each tool, presenting their findings to their peers. Constructive feedback for each tool is an integral part of the learning experience. DesignSafe and SimCenter personnel are invited to participate through Zoom based on availability. At the end of the course, a final project, with a topic of choice for each student, or group of students, is required, providing an opportunity for deeper exploration and application of the learned concepts. A final course project report is delivered through a shpinx document stored in a GitHub repository.

SimCenter provides next-generation computational modeling and simulation software tools, user support, and educational materials to the natural hazards engineering research community with the goal of advancing the user’s capability to simulate the impact of natural hazards on structures, lifelines, and communities.

DesignSafe is a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure that provides cloud-based tools to manage, analyze, understand, and publish critical data for research to understand the impacts of natural hazards. The capabilities within the DesignSafe infrastructure are available at no-cost to all researchers working in natural hazards.

Learning Objectives

  1. Develop a familiarity with Simcenter tools and DesignSafe cyberinfrastructure

  2. Develop a familiarity with the breath of SimCenter tools.

  3. Develop a suitable background for using HPC resources.

  4. Introduce/revise concepts related to structural and geotechnical engineering including UQ concepts, FEM, PB, etc.

  5. Provide a working knowledge for selecting, using, and interpreting tools for Structural and geotechnical design and analysis.

  6. Introduce markup language to develop easy-to-read, easy-to-write documents in the sphinx python package.