Software: New Features Added in Major Releases and an Update

May 2, 2022

SimCenter software applications continue to improve with new features that enhance natural hazards engineering research. We've productively worked with NHERI DesignSafe to migrate these software deployments to Frontera, the world's 13th fastest computer, which means your cloud-enabled job should run 10 times faster! Be sure to download the major releases to take advantage of faster computing power. These major releases are new versions of the applications with modifications to the input file format, so be sure to update any of your existing input files to this new format. Examples packaged with the tools include input files with the new format and can be used as a template.

Download the major release of EE-UQ (v3.0) to use new capabilities:

  • New surrogate modeling capability using Probabilistic Learning on Manifolds (PLoM)
  • Ability to perform site-specific seismic disaggregation: target conditional mean spectrum (ASCE7) calculation based on disaggregated mean magnitude and distance; ground motion selection and scaling to the disaggregation-based target spectrum

 

 

Download the major release of quoFEM (v3.0) to use new capabilities:

  • New surrogate modeling capability using Probabilistic Learning on Manifolds (PLoM)
  • Improvements to the user interface, including interactive plots for the results visualization

 


 

Upgrade the R2D (v2.1) tool to use recent updates:

  • Ability to perform regional site response analysis propagating motions at rock to the surface
  • Support of tsunami hazards
  • Ability to import hazard information (wind field, ground deformation, ground shaking, etc.) as a raster
  • Ability to import population demographics from census and merge with building inventory
  • Ability to employ custom fragility functions through the Pelicun damage and loss framework