Webinar Schedule

Microzonation for Earthquake Scenarios

Featuring Dr. Atilla Ansal, Kinemetrics, Inc.

Seismic microzonation is a methodology for estimating the response of soil layers under earthquake excitations and relative variations of earthquake ground motion characteristics on the ground surface for a selected area.

In this session, special guest speaker Dr. Atilla Ansal will walk us through the use of this methodology to provide input for urban planning for the assessment of the vulnerability of the building stock and earthquake preparedness. Microzonation requires realistic estimation of regional seismicity, local earthquake hazard, and detailed information of local soil conditions. It is probabilistic evaluation for all possible future earthquake in assessing the probability of building damage.

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Expert Panel: The Kinemetrics Information Series On-Demand Library

Featuring Dr. Derek Skolnik, Kinemetrics, Inc.

In this special session, our panel of experts will review the knowledge base of 28 on-demand webinars created in 2020 Kinemetrics Information Series.

Dr. Derek Skolnik will host Dr. Mathias Franke, Dr. Lani Oncescu, and Mauricio Ciudad-Real in a discussion of topics across four categories: Products, Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Business Continuity.

This informative webinar + Q&A will provide a synopsis for each category, discuss what we learned, and provide information on how best to utilize these resources in your own projects.

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Vibration based Structural Health Monitoring: from Bridges to Wind Turbines

Featuring Dr. Filipe Magalhães

In this session, Dr. Filipe Magalhães will deliver a detailed overview of several dynamic monitoring programs developed with Kinemetrics equipment, including research oriented and consultancy applications on bridges and research projects on wind turbines.

This informative webinar + Q&A will describe the implemented monitoring layouts and the presentation of the developed monitoring software. Relevant results that enhance the value of structural health monitoring will also be revealed.

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Ground-Motion Recording Networks in Groningen, the Netherlands, and Development of a Ground-Motion Model for Induced Earthquakes

Featuring Professor Julian J. Bommer

In this session, Professor Julian J. Bommer will describe the development of a ground-motion model as an integral component of a seismic risk model for induced earthquakes in the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands.

This informative webinar + Q&A places particular focus on the installation, characterization and operation of ground-motion recording networks in the field, including some unexpected challenges encountered along the way.

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The Rockhound Platform – Installation & Operations

Featuring Dennis Pumphrey, Kinemetrics, Inc.

Rockhound is a software platform designed to implement real time data acquisition from digitizers and perform vital functions based upon that data to meet the needs of the end user.

In this session, Dennis Pumphrey will cover two of our most-requested topics. He will provide a live demonstration outlining the installation of Rockhound, and the operation of RockMonitor!

First, he set up RockMonitor from scratch and configure multiple Rock units to demonstrate remote configuration, file retrieval, and status monitoring. Second, Dennis will set up a PC-based installation of Rockhound, demonstrating the simplicity of connecting to digitizers and the creation of a PC-based continuous recorder.

This informative webinar + Q&A is a Must-See for operators, researchers, and engineers interested in the world-class Rockhound platform.

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Big Data: A New Research Frontier in Earthquake Engineering

Featuring Dr. Ertugrul Taciroglu

Recent advances in performance-based earthquake engineering and existing information technologies provide opportunities to develop extremely granular inventories of the built environment and assess its vulnerabilities to earthquakes as well as other hazards.

In this session, special guest speaker Dr. Ertugrul Taciroglu will focus the discussion on bridges — which are arguably the most critical elements of a transportation network — and delineate the ingredients needed to bring a regional seismic assessment tool to fruition.

These ingredients range from site-specific ground motion estimation to automated development of analysis models for bridges using data harvested from publicly available repositories, to damage and economic loss assessment. After identifying the ingredients, Dr. Taciroglu will articulate an overall framework for regional risk assessment of transportation networks.

Our guest speaker also provides an example to demonstrate the viability of the envisioned approach, and discusses its natural extensions to other areas including structural performance monitoring and rapid post-event assessment.

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Kinemetrics Open Systems & Services Division: Who We Are – What We Do – Where We Operate

Featuring Dr. Mathias Franke, Kinemetrics, Inc.

What is OSS, and how does this group within Kinemetrics deliver critical systems and services worldwide?

In this session, Dr. Mathias Franke will answer this question and more. He will discuss the history, capabilities, and approach of this service-driven organization. He will provide a real-world a synopsis of OSS, focusing on past and current projects.

This informative webinar + Q&A will provide a detailed understanding of how OSS develops solutions, manages projects, and continually delivers value to clients.

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The Rockhound Platform: A View from 30,000 Feet

Featuring Dennis Pumphrey, Kinemetrics, Inc.

Rockhound is a software platform designed to implement real time data acquisition from digitizers and perform vital functions based upon that data to meet the needs of the end user.

In this session, Dennis Pumphrey will walk us through the configurable capabilities of this modular platform such as:

* Continuous recording

* Triggered event recording

* Telemetry reformatting and relaying

* Interfaces to post processing

This informative webinar + Q&A will help operators, researchers, and engineers understand the multitude of implementations possible with the Rockhound platform.

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Seismic Monitoring and Building Code Compliance with the iCOBI 3 System

Featuring Narek Abrahamian, Kinemetrics, Inc.

Seismic monitoring systems provide valuable data and information on the behavior of buildings leading to improved understanding and better design codes.

In this session, Narek Abrahamian will discuss the reasons many municipalities (e.g. City of Los Angeles, CA USA) require seismic instrumentation or offer benefits such as reduced inspection time as part of a building occupancy resumption program (e.g. BORP San Francisco, CA USA). He will share how the iCOBI 3 system fulfills these needs and more.

This informative webinar + Q&A will provide engineers, building managers, and emergency management professionals detailed information on how best to approach seismic building code compliance.

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