<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b>DESIGNING A SUCCESSFUL REAL-TIME
HYBRID SIMULATION</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">MECHS SERIES: HYBRID SIMULATION 101</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)"><b>December 14 | 2pm – 2:45pm CT</b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Real‐time hybrid simulation (RTHS) is
an effective and versatile tool for the examination of complex structural
systems with rate dependent behaviors. To meet the objectives of such a test, appropriate consideration must be given to the partitioning of the system
into physical and computational portions (i.e., the configuration of
RTHS). This webinar will explain the steps to take for choosing the
partitioning to use in RTHS, a fundamental step towards
successful RTHS implementation. As a case study, this methodology will be
demonstrated using the recent </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://mechs.designsafe-ci.org/resources/projects-data-benchmarks/" target="_blank">Benchmark control problem for
real-time hybrid simulation</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">  which has been recently
presented to the RTHS community to enable community-wide examination to
compare and contrast various methods for the design of a robust
RTHS controller.  </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">The webinar is intended for both new
and experienced researchers interested in exploiting real-time hybrid
simulation methods.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">This webinar is part of a
series, <i>Hybrid Simulation 101</i>, being organized by the <a href="https://mechs.designsafe-ci.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,122,183)">Multi-hazard Engineering Collaboratory on Hybrid Simulation (MECHS)</span></a> virtual
community.</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div>