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WIRE: Week of Innovative Regions in Europe
Granada, 15th-17th March 2010
ACES : Advanced Centre of Excellence in
Structural & Earthquake Engineering
Co-ordinator
Michael N. FARDIS
Dept of Civil Engineering
Structures Division
University of Patras, Greecewww.aces.upatras.gr
WIRE: Week of Innovative Regions in Europe
Granada, 15th-17th March 2010The Background
• Construction: The largest sector in Greece’s economy.
• Structural & Earthquake Engineering:– Very important for the Convergence Region of Western Greece
(capital: Patras, 3rd Greek city in size): • highest seismicity in EU; • surge in infrastructure projects in 2009-20.
– National & regional interest for RTD development; – Room for competitive advantage at int’l level.
Un. of Patras:• Un. of Patras: Already of international renown in these fields, thanks to top quality staff and very active labs: – Structures
– Structural Materials.
• Structures Div. in Civil Eng. Dept: Concerted effort to enhance its position & ensure continuity to its up-and-coming junior staff, by modernising labs and networking with top European RTD centres:
– REG-POT project ACES.
Civil Engineering Department
www.civil.upatras.gr• Founded in 1972
• 33 Faculty members, 10 staff members, 1200 students per
year, 3000 graduates
• Divisions: – Structures
– Geotechnical
– Hydraulics &
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– Hydraulics &
Environmental
– Transportation
• 9 Labs
MEEES Erasmus Mundus Program
www.meees.org• Joint MSc in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering
Seismology 2005-10 (1st one in Civil Eng & Arch. in EU),
given by:
– Pavia Un.
– Patras Un.
– J.Fourier Un.
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– J.Fourier Un.
Grenoble
• Continued 2010-15
with addition of:
– METU
Project ACES:Advanced Centre of Excellence in
Structural & Earthquake Engineering
• REG-POT Coord.& Support action for convergence regions
• ACES proposal shared 2nd place among 23 projects funded by EC in the 1st call - 2007 (two projects from Greece).
• Univ. of Patras – Structures Division, networking with:
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– Building Research Establishment (UK);
– Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (FR) - TAMARIS Seismic Lab
– EMPA, Swiss Federal Labs for Materials Testing & Research (CH);
– European Lab for Structural Assessment (ELSA), JRC (EU);
– Politecnico di Torino (IT);
– TU Delft (NL);
– Univ. J.Fourier, Grenoble (FR).
UPatras faculty members in ACES
Stavros Anagnostopoulos, 64Earthquake engineering
Co-ordinator of MEEES Erasmus Mundus MSc programme
for UoP
Nikitas Bazeos, 53Design of steel structures
Dimitris Beskos, 64
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Dimitris Beskos, 64Computational Mechanics
Stathis Bousias, 48Design and experimental response of concrete structures
Head of Management of Shake Table Facility
Michael Fardis, 60Design of concrete structures, earthquake resistant design
Director of Structures Lab
UPatras faculty members in ACES (cont’d)
Nicos Makris, 46Structural Dynamics and Mechanics
Apostolos Papageorgiou, 53Engineering Seismology
Deputy co-ordinator of the MEEES Erasmus Mundus programme
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Deputy co-ordinator of the MEEES Erasmus Mundus programme
at UoP
Korina Papanicolaou, 37Experimental mechanics of materials, Retrofitting systems
Thanasis Triantafillou, 47Application of advanced structural materials
Director of Structural Materials Lab
Joost Walraven
(TU Delft
Urs Meier (EMPA)
Michel Bouchon
(Un. J. Fourier)
ACES External Scientific Committee from
networking partners
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Jean-Claude Queval (CEA)
Artur Pinto `(JRC)
Michel Geradin(JRC)
Giuseppe Mancini
(Un. Di Torino)
Haig Galvanesian
(BRE)
• Unlock RTD potential of the Structures group of University of Patras (UoP)
• Develop further and exploit its possibilities for excellence in short- and medium-term,
ACES Objectives
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profiting from know-how and experience in other regions of Europe.
• Create synergies with Region; enhance competiveness at regional level.
… to be achieved by
• Reinforcing S/T potential & excellence of Structures
group;
• Supporting & mobilising its human resources;
• Enhancing its material RTD infrastructure;
• Developing strategic partnerships with well established,
excellent research groups elsewhere in Europe;
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excellent research groups elsewhere in Europe;
• Diffusing S/T information & RTD results;
• Improving its response to the socio-economic needs of
the Region and the country
Action plan
• Exchange of know-how & experience with
networking partners;
• Recruitment of experienced researchers, (including
for management);
• Enhancing & upgrading lab equipment;
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• Enhancing & upgrading lab equipment;
• Workshops for knowledge transfer at regional,
national & international level;
• Participation of research staff at international S/T
• Guidance & Assessment by Int’l Scientific Committee
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WP1. Transnational Networking
Need to :
• have:
– very well-trained technical personnel
– dynamic researchers
– research staff of high quality
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– expertise in new and advanced RTD techniques and
methods
• fully integrate in European Research Area
Realization through:
• Short visits of UPatras research staff at the
networking partners’ RTD centres & vice-versa
WP2. Human Potential
• In ’80s & ’90s the Structures faculty was “manned” with:
– Top Greek nationals returning from USA as Professors;
– qualified junior faculty promoted to upper ranks.
• Few new openings before “old guard” retires (mid-2010s)
WP2: Recruit (possibly repatriate) and integrate well-
trained & promising young researchers
WP2. Enhance Human Resources
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trained & promising young researchers
• So far, 3 Post-Docs: 1. One (34) with PhD (2004) from Politecnico di Milano and 8
years of RTD experience at ELSA lab of JRC (EU),
2. another (32) with PhD (2009) from SUNY Buffalo (among
the world’s top centres & labs in Earthq. Engineering)
3. a third one (33) with Doctorate (2007) from UPatras.
• Min. of Education supports labs with scarce funds, shared by all Greek universities (6 Eng. Schools, 5 Civil Eng. Depts) regardless of excellence, activity or promise.
• Supplementary funds for the two labs through continuous RTD activity (mostly from national projects)
• Lab improvement: Very critical for ACES, ~60% of budget
WP3. Enhancement of Infrastructures
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Structures Lab Materials Lab
WP3. Structures Laboratory
Best equipped & dynamic structures lab in Greece:• Large strong floor, two medium-size strong walls for large-scale
monotonic, cyclic or seismic testing
• Pseudo-dynamic testing capability
• 2 MTS actuators, +445/-630kN, ±0.25m, 38 lt/min
• 1 MTS actuator +250/-360kN, ±0.125m, 69 lt/min
• 2 MOOG actuators ±1000kN, ±0.50m, 38 lt/min
WP3. Structures Laboratory
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• 2 MOOG actuators ±1000kN, ±0.50m, 38 lt/min
• 4-channel JRC-MOOG controller (recent upgrade)
• Pumps & oil hardline of 500 lt/min, boosted by accumulators
From ACES (via twice repeated int’l call for tender): • Dynamic actuators for biaxial/real-time tests (290,000 €)
– 2 MTS actuators, ±500kN, ±0.50m, 690 lt/min
– 1 MTS actuator, ±500kN, ±0.25m, 1500 lt/min
• Additional 4-channel control system (76,000 €).
Retrofitted 2-storey concrete building:
est to failure (Sept. 2009)
Retrofitted 2-storey concrete building: Test to failure
• New Shaking Table Lab built & operational (2009) with 650,000€ from Un. Patras & Civil Eng. Dept.
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WP3. Structural Materials Laboratory
• Presently: Best equipped & dynamic lab in Greece for construction & structural materials
• Future: Set up Fire Test facility– Structural fire design:
• becoming mandatory and of similar importance as design for mechanical loadings;
• supported by much less knowledge & RTD results.
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• supported by much less knowledge & RTD results.
– Need of testing to assess fire performance & resistance of construction materials, components or systems.
– No such testing facility in Southeast Europe or Middle East
– For fire resistance tests: Obtain through ACES vertical large-scale furnace (3mx3mx1.2m) for structural elements & components (load-bearing or not) under various thermal profiles (from isothermal to temperature gradients) and simulated fire-histories, possibly with simultaneous loading.
Items not included:
� Gas supply system (LPG tank, pressure regulators, piping, etc. Chimney) in all 3 in all 3
callscalls
� Chimney in 3in 3rdrd callcall
International Calls for tender so far:International Calls for tender so far:3 m3 m
Procure Vertical Fire Resistance Test Furnace
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1st call:� Release date:14-05-2008
� Bid date: 08-07-2008
� Budget: 275,000 € (w/o VAT)
� Participants:
� Outcome: Tender unsuccessful. (Letter of Credit not issued on time)
2nd call:
� Release date:29-07-2008
� Bid date: 23-09-2008
� Budget: 285,000 € (w/o VAT)
� Participants: Bouvier Technofour
� Outcome: Tender unsuccessful. Price high (& included in Technical Offer)
Vertical Fire Resistance Test Furnace Vertical Fire Resistance Test Furnace (cont’d)(cont’d)
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3rd call:
� Release date:29-01-2010
� Bid date: 12-04-2010
� Budget: 285,000 € (no VAT)
� Participants: Bouvier Technofour
� Outcome: Tender successful
� Delivery (est.):End of 2010
Currently
• Additional 800,000 € requested by Civil Engineering
Department from Region of Western Greece, for:
– Gas supply system
– Chimney.
– Horizontal Fire Resistance Test Furnace
– Single Burning Item.
Latest Developments: Latest Developments: Synergetic effects Synergetic effects with the Regionwith the Region
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– Single Burning Item.
Request approved; Intn’l call for tenders underway
Region of Western Greece
National Strategic Reference Framework
Program 2007-13
University of Patras
Civil Eng. Dept Fire Lab
800,000800,000€€
• Intn’l call for tenders for supplementary/ additional