Objetivo Soft soils have high compressibility and low shear strength. They include a variety of geological materials and can be found all around Europe. Sustainable development in Europe requires safe and economical design of structures constructed on soft soils an d this creates new challenges for geotechnical design. Construction on soft soils often requires utilisation of ground improvement techniques. These include preloading techniques, often combined with prefabricated vertical drains, and increasingly, various methods based on stiffening columns. The column elements can be produced either by mixing stabilising agents with the soft soil in situ (deep stabilisation), by forming columns of imported granular fill within the soft soil (stone columns) or by installin g piling elements that penetrate only partly through the soft soil deposit and do not reach a stiff soil stratum (creep piles). All these techniques offer an economical and sustainable alternative to more traditional construction techniques such as piling to a stiff soil stratum or removal of the soft soil. Most of the methods have been developed using an empirical approach and may have been adopted without full understanding of the underlying physical principles. Introduction of stiffening or modifying ele ments (i.e. columns or drains) into soft soils creates a complex soil-structure interaction problem. In addition, soft soils are complex non-linear multi-phase materials. Current design practices routinely rely on over-simplified one-dimensional methods, w hich are at best very crude and conservative (hence uneconomical), or at worst unsafe. The design would benefit from systematic numerical studies and the industry needs professionals trained to do such advanced analyses. The proposed research training netw ork on aims to develop advanced 2D and 3D numerical modelling techniques for ground improvement systems on soft soils, and train researchers in computational geotechnics. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringgeotechnicssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurshipnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsnumerical analysishumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophy Programa(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Tema(s) MOBILITY-1.1 - Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN) Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2002-MOBILITY-1 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación RTN - Marie Curie actions-Research Training Networks Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Richmond Street 16 GLASGOW Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (6) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo EIDGENÖSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZÜRICH Suiza Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Raemistrasse 101 ZURICH Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos NORGES TEKNISK - NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET Noruega Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Hogskoleringen 1 TRONDHEIM Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ Austria Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Rechbauerstrasse 12 GRAZ Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos TEKNILLINEN KORKEAKOULU Finlandia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Otakaari 1 ESPOO Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección University Avenue GLASGOW Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Keplerstrasse 7 STUTTGART Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
