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| Title | Design Study of a European Facility for Advanced Seismic Testing |
| Grant Agreement Number | 212109 |
| Funding Programmes | FP7 |
| Dates | 01/09/2008 - 31/08/2011 |
| Project URL | http://efast.eknowrisk.eu/EFast |
| Scientific Domain |
Physical Sciences and Engineering |
| Action Line | Design Study |
| Type Of Project | CP |
| Abstract | Earthquakes regularly occur throughout the world, frequently causing catastrophic harm and injury and always resulting in significant damage and widespread disorganization in the area. Modern society is increasingly vulnerable to external hazards, it is readily apparent that, in developed countries, although the numbers of victims of major earthquakes is tending to drop, the costs of the consequences are constantly rising. It is therefore indispensable for Europe to intensify the research and development in this field. Main topics of this research and development aim to improve the capability of prediction of the behaviour of new or existing structures and equipment, define reliable and economic ways of retrofit. The strong R&D need in earthquake engineering must be accompanied by an in-depth consideration of research infrastructures. For the design study of a world class seismic testing facility, the work plan should be brought following this coherent set of objectives: Define the new testing facility, high performances, single-site, answering to modularity, flexibility, operating easiness, complementary to existing research infrastructures in Europe |
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Partners
(Organisation name and Country) |
CENTRO EUROPEO DI FORMAZIONE E RICERCA IN INGEGNERIA SISMICA, Italy UNIVERSITAET KASSEL, Germany TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY 'GHEORGHE ASACHI' OF IASI, Romania JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION, European Union |
