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OpenSRA: Software and Publications Now Available

April 27, 2023

PEER is pleased to announce the publication of software and reports from the major research initiative, “Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Pipeline Systems,” referred to as the “OpenSRA Project.” This was a...

OpenSRA User Workshop held January 11, 2023 - Presentations

February 10, 2023

OpenSRA is a new open-source seismic risk assessment software tool for gas utility regulators and owners that will enable them to assess challenges posed by the risk from earthquake-induced hazards. A User...

2022 PEER Researchers' Workshop

The goal of the workshop is to disseminate information about research that is currently ongoing at the PEER Center and to develop interaction between projects across disciplines. Progress on the OpenSRA project was presented.

Session: “Regional-scale Simulation," September 19, 2022

OpenSRA Featured at 12NCEE Special Session

July 7, 2022

12NCEE-logoThe OpenSRA project, supported by PEER and sponsored by the California Energy Commission (CEC), was featured in a special technical session at the 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (12NCEE), “Reimagining Risk and Resilience,” which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from June 27-July 1, 2022. The special session, “S...

2022 - 12th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (12NCEE)

Special Session: “S.S.13 Seismic Risk Assessment Methodologies and Open-Source Tools for Natural Gas Infrastructure" - June 28, 2022

OpenSRA is a multi-year study to develop open-source seismic risk assessment tools for natural gas infrastructure, and the project is currently in progress. Presentations made by the OpenSRA project team during this special session included the following:

2021-2022 ASCE Lifelines Conference

The ASCE Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD), in partnership with The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), hosted the "San Fernando Earthquake Conference – 50 years of Lifeline Engineering (Lifelines 2021-2022)", focusing on “Understanding, Improving & Operationalizing Hazard Resilience for Lifeline Systems.”  The conference was held online.

  • “Open-Source Seismic Risk Assessment (OpenSRA) Tool for Natural Gas Infrastructure: Development and Early Results” – Barry Zheng

2021 PEER Researchers' Workshop

The goal of the workshop is to disseminate information about research that is currently ongoing at the PEER Center and to develop interaction between projects across disciplines. Progress on the OpenSRA project was presented.

Session: "Networks"

  • “Seismic Risk Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Transmission Systems” – Jonathan Bray (video, 15:54)

Disaster Resilient Infrastructure - June 2021

Pre-eminent expert O'Rourke, a CEC-Funded PEER Researcher, discusses infrastructure vulnerabilities from natural hazards, and poses solution strategies on "Disaster Resilient Infrastructure," recently released by The Tunneling Podcast.

2020 PEER Annual Meeting

The 2020 PEER Annual Meeting, "The Future of Performance-Based Natural Hazards Engineering," featured the role of trans-disciplinary performance-based engineering for natural hazards to inform how communities can better achieve economic and community resilience.

2019 PEER Researchers' Workshop

The goal of the workshop is to disseminate information about research that is currently ongoing at the PEER Center and to develop interaction between projects across disciplines. 20 PEER-funded projects and 4 projects with collaborative organizations were discussed. Progress on the OpenSRA project was presented.

Session: “Collaborative Projects," August 27, 2019

  • "CEC Project - Seismic Risk Assessment Tool for Natural Gas Storage and Transmission Systems - Overview" - Jonathan Bray

May 2019 - News

May 17, 2019

The California Energy Commission awarded a $4.9 million grant to PEER on May 15 to improve the seismic risk assessment of natural gas storage and pipeline infrastructure.

During the 2.5-year project, PEER will develop open-source software to better assess risks to...