Objectif Soft soils have high compressibility and low shear strength. They include a variety of geological materials and can be found all around Europe. Sustainable development in Europe requires safe and economical design of structures constructed on soft soils an d this creates new challenges for geotechnical design. Construction on soft soils often requires utilisation of ground improvement techniques. These include preloading techniques, often combined with prefabricated vertical drains, and increasingly, various methods based on stiffening columns. The column elements can be produced either by mixing stabilising agents with the soft soil in situ (deep stabilisation), by forming columns of imported granular fill within the soft soil (stone columns) or by installin g piling elements that penetrate only partly through the soft soil deposit and do not reach a stiff soil stratum (creep piles). All these techniques offer an economical and sustainable alternative to more traditional construction techniques such as piling to a stiff soil stratum or removal of the soft soil. Most of the methods have been developed using an empirical approach and may have been adopted without full understanding of the underlying physical principles. Introduction of stiffening or modifying ele ments (i.e. columns or drains) into soft soils creates a complex soil-structure interaction problem. In addition, soft soils are complex non-linear multi-phase materials. Current design practices routinely rely on over-simplified one-dimensional methods, w hich are at best very crude and conservative (hence uneconomical), or at worst unsafe. The design would benefit from systematic numerical studies and the industry needs professionals trained to do such advanced analyses. The proposed research training netw ork on aims to develop advanced 2D and 3D numerical modelling techniques for ground improvement systems on soft soils, and train researchers in computational geotechnics. Champ scientifique engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringgeotechnicssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurshipnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsnumerical analysishumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophy Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Thème(s) MOBILITY-1.1 - Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN) Appel à propositions FP6-2002-MOBILITY-1 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement RTN - Marie Curie actions-Research Training Networks Coordinateur UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Richmond Street 16 GLASGOW Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (6) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH Suisse Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Raemistrasse 101 ZURICH Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée NORGES TEKNISK - NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET Norvège Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Hogskoleringen 1 TRONDHEIM Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ Autriche Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Rechbauerstrasse 12 GRAZ Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée TEKNILLINEN KORKEAKOULU Finlande Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Otakaari 1 ESPOO Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse University Avenue GLASGOW Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Keplerstrasse 7 STUTTGART Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée