Objective According to recent analyses, more than 29% of European citizens are concentrated in 500 largest cities of the continent. Most of these cities are now subjected, or will be in the near future, to significant modification of their urban texture, brought about by the exploitation of new areas and by redevelopment of old industrial sites or the construction of big and pervasive infrastructure. Urban areas modernization and natural calamities (floods, earthquakes, etc) bring the change of the work conditions of urban infrastructure – in many cases historical buildings. The consequence of this change is the necessity of strengthening. It was observed, that traditional methods for strengthening of buildings subjected to complex load layout are not always acting in most effective way, opposite, sometimes they caused hazardous situations. That was one of the main reasons why scientists and industry started to seek more flexible and problem oriented solutions. New strengthening systems came from other branches of industry - FRP (Fiber Reinforced Polymer), SRP (Steel RP) and TMR (Textile Reinforced Masonry) based on high performance fibers. Additionally, experience in other areas of industry (e.g. textiles, clothing etc.) indicates that some of strengthening fibers may also be monitoring sensors. INSYSM project creates innovative strengthening and sensing technologies based on the textile industry experiences. Strengthening equipped with monitoring system enables very powerful advantages. During all of the work phases collected measurements can picture performance of a whole structure, which can be used for continuous observation of the building and shall allow to master the strengthening solutions due to building real life work, also during accidental situations like floods, earthquakes etc. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibersnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismologyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator POLITECHNIKA SLASKA Address Akademicka street 2a 44-100 Gliwice Poland See on map Region Makroregion południowy Śląskie Katowicki Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Katarzyna Markiewicz-Sliwa (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 101 659,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FIDIA SRL Italy EU contribution € 110 567,00 Address Via gerardo dottori 85 06132 San sisto See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paolo Casadei (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR Portugal EU contribution € 64 907,00 Address Convento de santo antonio 6201 001 Covilha See on map Region Continente Centro (PT) Beiras e Serra da Estrela Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Rita Salvado (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SGL COMPOSITES, S.A. Portugal EU contribution € 70 391,00 Address Zona industrial do lavradio sitio da barra a barra 2830 Barreiro See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bruno Pereira (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EURO-PROJEKT BARTOSIK TOMASZ Poland EU contribution € 36 120,00 Address Odona bujwida 34a/17 50-368 Wroclaw See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tomasz Bartosik (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
