Report GIRS 2021-05: San Fernando Earthquake Conference- 50 Years of Lifeline Engineering: Book of Abstracts

By: Davis, Craig A., Yu, Kent, and Taciroglu, Ertugrul

DOI: 10.34948/N3QP4X

There has been 50-years of progress in lifeline earthquake engineering since its inception as a primary field of practice following the 1971 San Fernando Earthquake in Los Angeles, California. Over that time lifeline engineering has been applied worldwide and extended to address additional hazards beyond earthquakes. Lifeline engineering is now recognized as a critical aspect to ensuring the resilience of communities against any and all hazards. It is therefore important to recognize the advancements in lifeline engineering over the past half-century on the occasion of the 50-year anniversary of the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. To understand, improve and operationalize hazard resilience for lifeline infrastructure systems we must recognize where we are in the practice, how we got here, and where we should be going. We must also recognize its continued increasing importance for improving community resilience. The Lifelines 2021-22 conference brings together practitioners, researchers, educators, material suppliers, innovators, service users, and other experts related to improving the lifeline infrastructure systems. The abstracts assembled in this volume represent the state-of-the-practice and the state-of-the-art, and describe future needs in lifeline infrastructure systems.