HYDRO-UQ Overview

The Hydro-UQ application analyzes waterborne hazards (tsunamis, storm surges) and their impact on structures. It simulates events at project sites (prototype scale) and in digital twins of wave flumes (model scale). The application features three modules: (i) far-shore wave hazards via GeoClaw, (ii) near-shore/on-shore wave evolution using Computational Fluid Dynamics or the Material Point Method, and (iii) structural-geotechnical response in OpenSees. It supports both deterministic and probabilistic simulations, accounting for uncertainties in hazards, models, and solvers. These uncertainties are automatically propagated through the simulation to arrive at a probabilistic description of structural response. Probabilistic results can be used for sensitivity analysis or to train surrogate models.

This application was developed by the NHERI SimCenter.

Learn How to Use HYDRO-UQ

HYDRO-UQ Website Application Summary User Guide

How to Cite HYDRO-UQ & DesignSafe

Please include all of these citations if you use HYDRO-UQ on DesignSafe.

HYDRO-UQ:

Frank McKenna, Justin Bonus, Ajay B Harish, & Nicolette Lewis. (2024). NHERI-SimCenter/HydroUQ: Version 3.1.0 (v3.1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10902090

Deierlein, G.G., McKenna, F., et al. (2020). A Cloud-Enabled Application Framework for Simulating Regional-Scale Impacts of Natural Hazards on the Built Environment. Frontiers in Built Environment. 6, 196. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2020.558706.

DesignSafe:

Rathje, E., Dawson, C. Padgett, J.E., Pinelli, J.-P., Stanzione, D., Adair, A., Arduino, P., Brandenberg, S.J., Cockerill, T., Dey, C., Esteva, M., Haan, Jr., F.L., Hanlon, M., Kareem, A., Lowes, L., Mock, S., and Mosqueda, G. 2017. “DesignSafe: A New Cyberinfrastructure for Natural Hazards Engineering,” ASCE Natural Hazards Review, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000246.