Objective Slow time-dependent movements caused by creep of natural geomaterials affect the performance of infrastructure and cause high maintenance and repair costs, and the partial closures of infrastructure networks during the repair work have significant economic and social impact. Although the phenomenon of creep is well-known for being a major design issue, there is currently no accepted consensus on the best way to model creep. Reliable calculation tools are either missing or - due to their scientific nature - out of reach for the engineer in charge. If as a consequence creep is underestimated in design, structures will possibly be damaged so that they will not reach their design life. On the other hand, if creep is overestimated, unnecessary countermeasures such as soil improvement, deep foundations, or additional structural reinforcement will take up additional resources. For sustainable building processes it is therefore imperative to adequately incorporate creep behaviour in analyses and design.The research topic of this Marie Curie action is creep behaviour of geomaterials and its incorporation in geotechnical design; the project aims at establishing a consensus in creep modelling. The project shall supply tools and knowledge needed in creep analysis. Past research in the field of creep behaviour of soils has concentrated mainly on soft silts and clays. Different theoretical frameworks and numerical models were proposed. Yet, creep is likewise observed in geomaterials such as peat, sand, rock fills, and warm permafrost. Key questions formulated by industry and academia are therefore: Can existing creep concepts be adopted equally for those materials? Can different creep concepts be unified? Of the alternatives proposed, which work best at both element level and real geotechnical problem level? This project intends to answer these questions by combining the practical experience gathered by industry with the theoretical concepts worked out by academia. Fields of science engineering and technologycivil engineeringconstruction engineering 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-2011-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU EU contribution € 443 354,00 Address HOGSKOLERINGEN 1 7491 Trondheim Norway See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gustav Grimstad (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB Sweden EU contribution € 201 035,00 Address - 412 96 GOTEBORG See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Magnus Holmstrand (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY China EU contribution € 47 840,00 Address HUASHAN ROAD 1954 200030 SHANGHAI See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Zhenyu Yin (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COLD AND ARID REGIONS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE China EU contribution € 11 000,00 Address DONGGANG WEST ROAD 320 730000 LANZHOU See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jilin Qi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING DELTARES Netherlands EU contribution € 465 464,00 Address BOUSSINESQWEG 1 2629 HV Delft See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Delft en Westland Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Evert Den Haan (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STIFTELSEN NORGES GEOTEKNISKE INSTITUTT Norway EU contribution € 425 166,00 Address SOGNSV 72 0855 Oslo See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hans Petter Jostad (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Richmond Street 16 G1 1XQ Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Martin Gregory (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data