Obiettivo 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 Campo scientifico engineering and technologycivil engineeringstructural engineeringearthquake engineering Programma(i) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Argomento(i) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Invito a presentare proposte FP7-SME-2010-1 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinatore STAMATOPOULOS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - GEOTECHNICAL AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERS Contributo UE € 22 248,00 Indirizzo ISAVRON STREET 5 11471 ATHINA Grecia Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Konstantinos Stamatopoulos (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (4) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto A.L.T.E.A. & GEOSTUDIO 2000 Albania Contributo UE € 224 426,00 Indirizzo RRUGA E KAVAJES BREND MJET MESIMORE TIRANA Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Skender Allkja (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato GEOSTAND ETERIA GEOTEHNIKON ERGON EREVNON YPEDAFOUS GERASIMOS LOUKATOS & SIA EE Grecia Contributo UE € 231 455,00 Indirizzo Megaloupoleos str. 46 173 43 Aghios Dimitrios ATHENS Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo George Vatsellas (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Instrumentation Testing & Monitoring Limited Regno Unito Contributo UE € 86 035,00 Indirizzo Bell Lane TN221QL Uckfield Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Andrew Small (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato CENTRALE RECHERCHE SA Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Rue Jean Goujon 8 75008 PARIS Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Philippe Dubeaux (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato