果冻传媒麻豆社

Our infrastructure risk and resilience research is led by . Infrastructure assets and networks are proven to be vulnerable to multiple hazard stressors and geo-hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, flood and scour effects, exacerbated by climate change. Hence, infrastructure owners and operators and insurance companies, need advanced and reliable approaches to assess the performance and damageability of the different assets, e.g. bridges, embankments, tunnels, retaining walls, railway infrastructure or pipelines. In this respect, the quantification of risk against geo-hazards provides a robust basis for achieving the continuity of infrastructure services and safety toward efficient allocation of resources in risk management as well as in the resilience-based design for existing and new infrastructure.

In response of the above need our research group delivers solutions by integrating:

• Fragility models for infrastructure exposed to single and multiple geo-hazards, considering associated uncertainties.
• Advanced numerical modelling of infrastructure assets subjected to geo- and climatic hazards.
• Risk and resilience assessment of interconnected systems in diverse ecosystems, toward prioritisation of mitigation actions and efficient asset management.

Figure 1. Examples of fragility models for transport assets

Figure 2. 3D numerical model of an integral bridge including the foundation, piers, deck, abutments, backfill and foundation soil. An increasing scour hole is modelled by removing soil clusters around the foundations

Figure 3. Motorways in diverse ecosystems exposed to multiple hazards: mountainous areas (top), lowland areas (bottom)

Collaborative partners

Dr Argyroudis is collaborating with many research groups, including , UK, , Greece, , Norway, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Italy, Bristol University (Dept of Civil Engineering), UK, University of Strathclyde (Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering), resUK, Eiffel University (Université Gustave Eiffel), France, University of Padova (Dept of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering), Italy, Lehigh University, USA, Stanford University, USA. He is also actively work with Consultants/stakeholders, including , , and .