Abdurrahman Sahin
Yıldız Technical University
Turkey
Title: Current State, Advances and Future Plans for Development of Next Generation City Simulation System
Biography
Biography: Abdurrahman Sahin
Abstract
The rapid and uncontrolled growth of cities and expansion of critical infrastructure systems in seismically active regions is an important engineering problem which must be taken into account. It has been observed from the past huge earthquakes that serious tragedies have been faced when the earthquakes hit the metropolises. It is essential to develop next generation city simulation system for obtaining higher reliable estimation of earthquake hazard and disaster which could take place in growing urban areas. Developed computer technology and science enable us to carry out a large scale numerical simulation. Now, we have opportunity to simulate all part of city during a possible earthquake scenario. The all phases of an earthquake may be simulated and evaluated. The earthquake wave may be generated and propagation from source to city may be simulated. The response and damage of structures may be monitored and the human and society actions due to the earthquake damages may be observed. High performance computing and advanced graphical capabilities are necessary to develop such a comprehensive simulation system. Current state, advances and future plans for development of such a next generation city simulation system is presented.