Obiettivo Geotechnical infrastructure is pervasive around the world as a method of forming topographical change for highway embankments/cuttings, flooding defences, retaining walls. In general, it provides a cost effective way of producing topographical features. However, the maintenance costs of such pervasive infrastructure is high, for example over €800m per year is required to be invested in the Netherlands. Geomaterials are a porous, granular material which interact with their surroundings, in particular via, water interactions, through drying via evaporation, or wetting from rain or water courses, which effect their stability.Climate change will produce more extreme weather events: more intense rainfall/storm events, longer cold/warm periods, along with more slowly increasing sea levels. Therefore, significantly differing loads are placed upon existing geotechnical structures, and their behaviour in response to these loads should be assessed.This proposal aims to investigate the impact of climatic change on geotechnical infrastructure. This will involve an investigation of the effects of more extreme weather due to climate change and how this will affect the stability and reliability of geotechnical structures. The work aims to develop robust understanding of the processes and produce numerical computation models that can be used in the assessment and design of existing and new geotechnical infrastructure.The objectives are:1) To investigate the likely loading scenarios and potential failure mechanisms on geotechnical structures from changing climate.2) To investigate the impact of climate change loading on geotechnical structures through the development of numerical tools, supported with centrifuge experiments.3) To assess the change in performance of geotechnical structures in a reliability based framework.4) To provide practical guidance to industry and influence future code development. Campo scientifico natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physicsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programma(i) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG - Marie-Curie Action: "Career Integration Grants" Invito a presentare proposte FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento MC-CIG - Support for training and career development of researcher (CIG) Coordinatore TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Contributo UE € 100 000,00 Indirizzo STEVINWEG 1 2628 CN Delft Paesi Bassi Mostra sulla mappa Regione West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Maarten De Groot (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
