Two new researchers and a Grants Manager have just joined Building Resilient: Giacomo Caredda, Marina Oliver and Ana Sánchez. Giacomo Caredda holds a master’s degree in Civil
A progressive collapse occurs in a building when a local failure spreads to the rest of the structure. Typically, these collapses lead to severe human and material
Steel truss bridges are particularly vulnerable to progressive collapse, which is understood as the process by which an initial local damage propagates to the rest of the
The PREBUST research project, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, aims to evaluate the robustness of precast concrete structures to extreme events such as
Traditionally, precast concrete structures have been considered as being more vulnerable and sensitive to failure or collapse compared to cast-in-place structures. However, this perception is in fact
Two new researchers have just joined Building Resilient: Eduard Mezquida and Fabio Parisi. Eduard Mezquida holds a PhD from the UPV and two master’s degrees, one in
Building Resilient was present in the SAHC2021 conference organised by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech). We had a significant participation, with the following five contributions: – Keynote
We have recently been working with the Applied Element Method using the Extreme Loading for Structures (ELS) software. Based on our previous experience of using Abaqus, LS-Dyna
One of the communication events of the MANTRED research network, coordinated by Building Resilient, was held on the 30th of June. The event, entitled “Maintenance and Conservation
Building Resilient has for some time been trying to diversify the journals it publishes in. The effort has been worthwhile and we are proud to say we
We are happy to announce that Building Resilient has just started a collaboration with ASI – Applied Science International. ASI is supporting us by providing access to
A new postdoctoral researcher has just joined Building Resilient: Dr. Nirvan Makoond. Nirvan holds a PhD from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) on the structural diagnosis
We are now involved in the inspection and assessment of the Serpis footbridge in Gandía. This important infrastructure for Gandía connects Germanies Avenue with East Park. Its
Some months ago, the LIC company contacted us in order to start a new collaboration associated with defining new disinfection techniques for railway carriages, airplanes and buses.
Building Resilient has just been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. The overall aim of the project is to develop a novel fuse-based segmentation design approach to arrest
