The impact of a PEER funded research project "Modernization and Integration of the PEER Column Performance Database" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Marc O. Eberhard, University of Washington. The Research Team includes John Wallace, University of California, Los Angeles; Saman A. Abdullah, University of Sulaimani; Khalid Mosalam, University of California, Berkeley; and Aakash Bangalore Satish, University of California, Berkeley.
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Research Impact:
The expanded and modernized SPD will substantially advance both research and engineering practice in several ways:
a) Structural engineers will gain immediate access to standardized, validated data for seismic performance assessment of RC columns and bridge piers in new and existing buildings.
b) Researchers can use the unified database for model calibration, machine-learning applications, and code development.
c) Industry and code-writing bodies will benefit from transparent, reproducible datasets supporting updates to design provisions (e.g., Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria, shear strength provisions in ACI 318-25, evaluation and retrofit provisions in ASCE 41-23).
d) Educators will have access to a rich resource for teaching seismic behavior of RC components.
Ultimately, this work will create a sustainable, extensible, and authoritative database supporting the next generation ofperformance-based design and earthquake engineering practice.
