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WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Details and registration: <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/workshops/mechs/hs-201-real-time-hybrid-simulation-wave-structure-interaction/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">DesignSafe
Learning Center</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This presentation outlines the ongoing development and
implementation of real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) for wave-structure
interaction applications, termed hydro-RTHS, at the NHERI-EF Large Wave Flume
and Multi-directional Wave Basin at Oregon State University (OSU). This
hydro-RTHS framework couples physical wave loading with computational
structural models. Parameters difficult to model physically in wave experiments
are modeled numerically, virtually extending OSU’s experimental capabilities.
This approach is practical as it physically simulates the wave-structure
response.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>HS 201: ADVANCES IN MULTI-AXIAL REAL-TIME HYBRID
SIMULATION</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>September 14, 2020 | 2PM - 2:45PM EST</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Details and registration: <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/workshops/mechs/hs-201-advances-multi-axial-real-time-hybrid-simulation/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">DesignSafe
Learning Center</a><b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) is an efficient and
cost-effective experimental testing technique for performance evaluation of
structural systems subjected to dynamic loading (e.g., wind and earthquakes)
and with rate-dependent components. When structural components are subjected to
multi-axial loading, multiple actuators are essential to impose realistic
boundary conditions over the physical specimens in the laboratory. However,
this loading assembly will exhibit significant dynamic actuator coupling and
suffer from synchronization errors and potential instabilities during the test
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