7 EC Conference

Helmut WENZELHelmut WENZEL

International Collaboration on Natural Hazards in the 7th FP Prague, 02. June 2006Prague, 02. June 2006

Safeguarded Cultural Safeguarded Cultural HeritageHeritage

Monitoring of a Church during tunnelling

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TRACK 2

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TIO

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240m

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TIO

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Erzherzog Karl Statue integrity check

Laser Monitoring Westminster, London

Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy

Nerves Pain

Data Virtual Pain

Virtual Doctor for Structures

Current Situation

Last Century (1900 – 2000) Earthquake Loss: 239000 Lives in Europe

Damage to Infrastructure 325 billion €

Indirect Damage ?

There are huge global initiatives on Earthquake Engineering Simulations

Can EUROPE afford to stay away ?

Annual investment EQ Research by Federal Institutions

1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

JAPAN (50) E-Defense

USA (40) NEESLESSLOSS (3)EU (7) 5FP

TAIWAN (10) NCREE

KOREA (12) KOCED

CHINA (15) NSFC

Northridge (136)

Kobe (5.400)

Turkey (18.900)

Chi Chi (1.100)

Human Loss: 1900-2000 239.000 in Europe

Austrian Seismic Code 1978

Austrian Seismic Code 2002

8 million visitors per year

Castle of Schönbrunn, Vienna

Schönbrunn Castle

Vienna, Fault Locations

Advances Needed

Kocaeli Quake, 1999, Turkey

Local amplification map due to soil condition

Micro Zonation

ECOESTEuropean Network of

Shaking Tables

EERC Bristol

NTU Athens

ISMES Bergamo

LNEC Lisbon

CEA Saclay

Shaking Tables

JRC Ispra

Reaction Wall

ECOLEADERFP5 - Users

European Laboratoriesof Structural Mechanics

Internationals Collaborations

Japan, USATaiwan,Armenia

End Users Access to ELSA as Large Research Infrastructure

ECOLEADER

ECOLEADER (Tests at JRC)

Application to:

Steel Structure

RC structure

Devices: Viscous, Hysteretic, Friction

Original‘Protected’

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Storey Disp. [mm]

Time [s]

International Collaboration

Earthquake Engineering & Disaster Prevention

USA Network for Earthquake Engineering

Simulation (NEES-ORG), Davis San Diego Super Computer Centre

(NEES-IT), California

JAPAN Building Research Institute (BRI), Ministry

of Construction, Tsukuba National Institute for Earth Science and

Disaster Prevention (NIED), Tsukuba

TAIWAN National Centre for Research in Earthquake

Engineering (NCREE)

ARMENIA Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority

(ANRA)

International Organizations & Nuclear Safety

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA), Paris, France

Main Subject of Collaboration

Earthquake Engineering & Disaster Prevention

Exchange of scientific and technical information

Common organization of Workshops and Conferences

Exchange of short visits of researchers

Harmonization of Data Models for Experimental Databases

Development of Technologies for Distributed Laboratory

Harmonization of codes and standards

International Organizations & Nuclear Safety

Co-management of Coordinated Research Projects

Technical management of International Benchmarks

Redaction and delivery of documents on specific topics

Consulting for Seismic Behaviour of Structures

20002000 20012001 20022002 20032003 20042004 20052005 20062006 20072007 20082008 20092009 20102010 20112011 20122012 20132013 20142014

MREFCConstruction ($82 M): 15 Equipment Sites Cyberinfrastructure NEES Consortium, Inc.

Maintenance & Operations by NEESinc

NSF-Funded NEES Research (NEESR)

Education, Outreach, & Training

Partnerships

Today

Federal Fiscal Year (starts Oct 1 of preceding year)

NEES Timeline

NEES Shared Use Infrastructure

Operated by NEES Consortium, Inc.

1200 tons at 10 m/s E-Defense

E-Defense, Japan

EU Knowledge Base, Onthology

EU Knowledge Base, Onthology

Worldclim

Worldclim is a set of global climate layers (grids) on a square kilometer grid. The last version released (March 2004) is Version 1.2.

The data layers were generated through interpolation of average monthly climate data from weather stations on a 30 arc-second resolution grid (often referred to as "1 km²" resolution). Variables included are monthly total precipitation, and monthly mean, minimum and maximum temperature, and 19 derived bioclimatic variables.

EU Knowledge Base, Onthology

Historical Earthquake Catalogues

Knowledge of the geological history of the region and the tectonic conditions, earthquake catalogues are a prerequisite for a statistical analysis. Such catalogues of seismic events should be as complete as possible and cover a wide area and a long period of time. Written records of the effects of earthquakes are collected and evaluated, and earthquake parameters, such as location of the epicenter and epicentral intensity, are determined. The results of these studies are compiled in computerized earthquake catalogues.

Opportunities to be taken ! Brooklyn Bridge

Do we have a European Answer ?

Condition of the Bridge, Security ?

Ramses II 3rd Important Monument In Cairo (Pyramids, Sphinx, ..Ramses II..)

3300 Years Old.

11.4 m High, 120 Ton weight

One Piece of Red Granite

To be Transported for 30 Kms

OpportunityRamses II in Egypt

EU Know How, Onthology

Conclusions

We need International Collaboration

The international Partners are well equipped with projects and funds

6FP has left our research alone

If the situation does not change soon we will fall back dramatically and cannot take the responsibility for the citizens

Can EUROPE really afford this ?

Thank you for the attention !