TITLE:
GEOLAB, enhancing Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:
The existing Critical Infrastructure (CI) of Europe in the water, energy, urban and transport sector is facing major challenges on the impact of: (1) Climate change, and the increase of extreme weather and natural hazard events, (2) Aging and use long past the designed life span, and (3) Pivotal changes in the systems to meet long-term societal goals (e.g. energy transition). To address these challenges, solutions are needed that can only be achieved by an interdisciplinary, cross-boundary approach and by equipping expert teams with the most advanced suite of physical research infrastructure available that allow them to explore different theories and adopt innovative techniques. The GEOLAB research infrastructure consists of 11 unique installations in Europe capable of studying subsurface behaviour and the interaction with structures and the environment under various loading conditions. A large-scale triaxial apparatus at Section for Geotechnics ZAG is one of the research devices included in the project. It will enable the research team from ZAG to collaborate with researchers from abroad and use research infrastructure for various practical applications.
DURATION:
2021/02/01 - 2025/01/31
FUNDING:
Horizon 2020
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