Cel 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 Dziedzina nauki engineering and technologycivil engineeringstructural engineeringearthquake engineering Program(-y) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Temat(-y) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-SME-2010-1 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Koordynator STAMATOPOULOS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY - GEOTECHNICAL AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERS Wkład UE € 22 248,00 Adres ISAVRON STREET 5 11471 ATHINA Grecja Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny Konstantinos Stamatopoulos (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (4) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko A.L.T.E.A. & GEOSTUDIO 2000 Albania Wkład UE € 224 426,00 Adres RRUGA E KAVAJES BREND MJET MESIMORE TIRANA Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny Skender Allkja (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych GEOSTAND ETERIA GEOTEHNIKON ERGON EREVNON YPEDAFOUS GERASIMOS LOUKATOS & SIA EE Grecja Wkład UE € 231 455,00 Adres Megaloupoleos str. 46 173 43 Aghios Dimitrios ATHENS Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny George Vatsellas (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Instrumentation Testing & Monitoring Limited Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE € 86 035,00 Adres Bell Lane TN221QL Uckfield Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny Andrew Small (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych CENTRALE RECHERCHE SA Francja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Rue Jean Goujon 8 75008 PARIS Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Kontakt administracyjny Philippe Dubeaux (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych