Research Seminar, October 1 2019:
An overview of the activities developed at the large shake table infrastructure of the Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) will be presented, together with the non-experimental research activities of the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Unit (NESDE). The large 3D shake table is in operation since 1995 and NESDE has been participating ever since in large European research projects involving not only access and innovative developments to the experimental facility but also leading research in the fields of seismic hazard, vulnerability, and risk of the building stock in urban regions. On the other hand, the institutional role of LNEC implies the seismic monitoring and risk assessment of critical infrastructures, as well as the active participation in the development of Eurocode 8 and collaborations with the Civil Protection for seismic resilience and preparedness.
Un aperçu des activités développées sur la grande infrastructure de table vibrante du Laboratoire National du Génie Civil (LNEC) du Portugal sera présenté, ainsi que des activités de recherche non expérimentales de l'unité NESDE du génie parasismique et de la dynamique des structures. La grande table vibrante 3D est opérationnelle depuis 1995 et le NESDE participe depuis à des grands projets de recherche européens impliquant non seulement un accès à des installations et des développements innovants, mais également des recherches de pointe dans les domaines de l'aléa sismique, de la vulnérabilité, et du risque du parc immobilier en zones urbaines. D'autre part, le rôle institutionnel du LNEC implique la surveillance sismique et l'évaluation des risques des infrastructures critiques, ainsi que la participation active au développement de l'Eurocode 8 et des collaborations avec la Protection civile pour la résilience sismique.
Short bio:
António A. Correia obtained his PhD in Earthquake Engineering in 2011, included in the Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE) Programme at the Understanding and Managing Extremes (UME) School, University Institute for Advanced Studies (IUSS), Pavia, Italy.
Previously, he completed a Specialization in Geotechnics (MSc level), a MSc in Structural Engineering and graduated in Civil Engineering in 2001 at Instituto Superior Técnico, Univ. of Lisbon, Portugal. His research interests are in: seismic risk and structural vulnerability/fragility; seismic design and code developments; experimental assessment of the seismic response of structures; soil-structure interaction effects and ground response analysis; development of material and geometrically nonlinear numerical models; system identification, model updating and operational modal analysis.
He currently serves as Assistant Researcher at the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Unit of the Department of Structures of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, in Lisbon, Portugal. He actively participated in 15 international and national research projects, conducting several shake table tests and performing numerical modelling analyses and developments. Special mention is made to his role of local PI of the 10 M€ EU H2020 research project “Seismology and earthquake engineering research infrastructure alliance for Europe” (SERA). He also performed and implemented several finite element developments in the software SeismoStruct.
He received fellowships at postdoctoral, doctoral, and graduate levels, and also received 5 scientific awards – one for developing an innovative test setup for assessing the seismic response of masonry infills of RC frames –, and given several invited lectures at international and national conferences. He supervised 4 PhD and 3 MSc students and published 3 book chapters and above 50 papers in international journals and international and national conferences, as well as several research reports and lecture notes. Additionally, he is regularly an invited lecturer at different universities and has previously lectured at the university for 5 years. He is an experienced professional engineer, having worked for 5 years in design companies and regularly performing consultancy work.
He currently also serves as Technical Secretary of Sub-Commission 8 (Eurocode 8) of Technical Committee 250 (Structural Eurocodes) of the European Standardization Committee (CEN/TC250/SC8), strongly contributing to the preparation of the next generation of Eurocode 8. He is a Member of the Technical Committee 203 (TC203: Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Associated Problems) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), of Working Group 6 (Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering) of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE), of Task Group 1 (Methods of analysis) and of Working Group 4 (Seismic action and site classification) of CEN/TC250/SC8, and of the Sub-Commission on Eurocode 8 of the Portuguese Technical Committee for Standardization related to the Structural Eurocodes (CT115/SC8).