Objetivo Excessive deformations of level ground caused by earthquakes are of great concern for civil engineering works, human lives and the environment. Such ground deformations are usually associated with liquefaction, i.e. a decrease in strength caused by the increase in pore water pressures in saturated cohesionless materials during earthquake ground motion. Much earthquake damage caused by liquefaction-induced excessive displacements can be mitigated by soil improvement methods, thus limiting the associated economic and social problems. Unfortunately, large scale application of the more common soil improvement methods is often avoided because of excessive costs of deep methods and incomplete understanding of potential benefits of other methods. This leads to potentially catastrophic consequences from earthquakes. For this reason preloading is particularly attractive, because, as it is applied from the surface, it can overcome the restriction of prohibitive costs. The goal of this research is to develop a cost-effective method, based on preloading, to reduce seismic liquefaction susceptibility and the associated risk to buildings that may cause many fatalities. Verify and study the method by a field study and develop procedures to estimate improvement and risk mitigation for new sites. Towards this goal the following major tasks will be performed: 1. Study and verify the method by a field preload test 2. Study of the effect of preloading on the cyclic soil strength by elaborate laboratory testing 3. Collect and analyze in-situ test results before and after the field application of preloading 4. Analyze the effect of preloading on the seismic risk of buildings and other structures on liquefaction-susceptible sites by elaborate numerical analyses 5. Propose rules for new sites based on the above Ámbito científico engineering and technologycivil engineeringstructural engineeringearthquake engineering Programa(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Tema(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-SME-2010-1 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinador STAMATOPOULOS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - GEOTECHNICAL AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERS Aportación de la UE € 22 248,00 Dirección ISAVRON STREET 5 11471 ATHINA Grecia Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Konstantinos Stamatopoulos (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo A.L.T.E.A. & GEOSTUDIO 2000 Albania Aportación de la UE € 224 426,00 Dirección RRUGA E KAVAJES BREND MJET MESIMORE TIRANA Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Skender Allkja (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos GEOSTAND ETERIA GEOTEHNIKON ERGON EREVNON YPEDAFOUS GERASIMOS LOUKATOS & SIA EE Grecia Aportación de la UE € 231 455,00 Dirección Megaloupoleos str. 46 173 43 Aghios Dimitrios ATHENS Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo George Vatsellas (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Instrumentation Testing & Monitoring Limited Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 86 035,00 Dirección Bell Lane TN221QL Uckfield Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Andrew Small (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos CENTRALE RECHERCHE SA Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rue Jean Goujon 8 75008 PARIS Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Philippe Dubeaux (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos