Rapid post-earthquake retrofit decisions require reliable estimates of interstory drift ratio. Conventional field practices either depend on instrumented measurements constrained by sparse sensor coverage or rely on qualitative expert judgment. This study aims to develop a CNN-based interstory drift ratio prediction method for reinforced concrete columns using strain-derived damage images. Reinforced concrete columns are modeled and analyzed in OpenSees to obtain strains and displacements. Strain fields are converted into strain-derived damage images through threshold-based staging that encodes discrete damage states. Structural parameters are concatenated to the damage image by adding fixed-value columns so the network can read structural context in a single two-dimensional input. We design systematic comparisons to isolate the benefit of structural information and section coverage. First, models without structural parameters are trained. Second, single-parameter variants are trained where only one attribute is provided. Third, full-parameter models include all attributes. For each setting, both single-section and multi-section inputs are evaluated. Samples are split by case and then divided 80/20 into training and validation sets. Model performance is reported using RMSE, MAE, and R-squared. The proposed approach achieves accurate inter-story drift ratio prediction overall, with improved performance when all structural parameters and multi-section inputs are used.

In this study the drift prediction models currently used in search and rescue(SAR) operations are introduced and the basic differences among them are analyzed by comparing the target classification, the treatment of environmental conditions, leeway equations and the determination of search area. In addition the new methods under development including AP98 of U.S. Coast Guard are compared and studied to improve the efficiency of SAR operation.

In this study a drift prediction model based on fluid dynamics theory is introduced. The essential effects of environmental loads and target characteristics are taken into account from a fluid dynamics point of view. The governing equations of motion are derived from Netwon's law of dynamics. In the mathematical formulation only three degrees of freedom(surge, sway, yaw) of the drifting object are assumed and the environmental loads considered are the forces and moments by wind and current. A computer algorithm for this model is implemented to obtain the numerical result in the time domain. The preliminary tests for model verification are conducted and the results are compared with the field experiment data as well as leeway formula suggested from the field test data.

In search and rescue mission the leeway formula based on the field experiments are utilized for the estimation of wind effect on distressed targets. This paper summarized the leeway formula from the available references. In the summary the environmental data collection method and experimental conditions are described along with the formula. Also the formula currently used in CASP of the U.S. Coast Gurard and CANSARP of the Canadian Coast Guard are discussed.