Descrizione del progetto
La valutazione del rischio sismico per edifici in cemento armato
In molti paesi europei, tra cui Grecia, Italia e Romania, gli edifici sono progettati in base a codici pre-sismici, per cui a partire dal 1960 le costruzioni in cemento armato costituiscono la stragrande maggioranza. Il progetto MULTIRES, finanziato dall’UE, elaborerà un quadro rivoluzionario e multilivello per la valutazione del rischio sismico negli edifici in cemento armato esistenti nelle regioni ad alto rischio sismico. Inoltre, MULTIRES progetterà e selezionerà alcune soluzioni orientate alla pratica, convenienti e resistenti ai terremoti, prendendo in esame sia edifici singoli che portafogli immobiliari. Le soluzioni saranno realizzate su misura per soddisfare le esigenze e gli obiettivi di proprietari di edifici, aziende (ri)assicurative ed enti governativi, proponendosi di favorire l’affermarsi di una cultura olistica volta alla consapevolezza del rischio sismico e alla resilienza in Europa.
Obiettivo
MULTIRES aims to develop an advanced, harmonised, multi-level framework to assess earthquake risk of existing Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings in earthquake-prone regions and to design/select practice-oriented, cost-effective, seismic resilience-enhancing solutions (e.g. structural retrofit, risk-transfer products). The framework will benefit several seismic-prone countries (e.g. Greece, Italy, Romania), for which most of the existing buildings are designed according to pre-seismic codes and where RC buildings represent the highest share from 1960s onwards (e.g. 48% in Italy). Two levels of analysis refinement will be considered, single buildings vs. building portfolios, specifically tailored to the expected needs/goals of different stakeholders: building owners and government agencies/(re)insurance companies. A coherent treatment of risk and uncertainty in each project’s task will promote dynamic and informed decision-making aiming at seismic resilience. MULTIRES builds on the probabilistic catastrophe risk modelling expertise of the Earthquake and People Interaction Centre (EPICentre) at the University College London (UCL), UK – the Host Institution - and seismic performance assessment of existing RC building expertise of the Fellow. State of the art/practice will be advanced providing flexible analysis methods for fragility and vulnerability assessment and their implementation tools (e.g. guidelines, computer codes). The framework will be applied to a large-scale building portfolio in Italy, where the Fellow and the Supervisor have strong links with local stakeholders, thus ensuring availability of data, knowledge transfer and true impact of the research on local communities. Through world-leading research training and co-development, the project will contribute to create a holistic culture of risk awareness and resilience in Europe, reflecting a strong commitment to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Campo scientifico
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinatore
WC1E 6BT London
Regno Unito