SIRMA

Title: SIRMA, Strengthening Infrastructure Risk Management in the Atlantic Area
Start Date: April, 2019
End Date: September, 2022
Funding Body: European Regional Development Fund
Project Coordinator: Jose Matos, University of Minho, Portugal.
Research Partners: University of Minho, University College Dublin, University of Vigo, University of Nantes, University of Surrey, AZVI SA, Irish Rail, Infraestruturas de Portugal, SA (IP), Queen’s University Belfast, The University of Birmingham
Project Partners: University of Minho, University College Dublin, University of Vigo, University of Nantes, University of Surrey, AZVI SA, Irish Rail, Infraestruturas de Portugal, SA (IP), Queen’s University Belfast, The University of Birmingham
Principal Investigators: Vikram Pakrashi (UCD), Jose Matos, University of Minho, Portugal
Project Manager: Mario Coelho, University of Minho, Portugal
Vikram Pakrashi, University College Dublin
Research Area: Climate and Infrastructure, Structural Health Monitoring
Website: SIRMA

Introduction

SIRMA aims to develop, validate and implement a robust framework for the efficient management and mitigation of natural hazards in terrestrial transportation modes at the Atlantic Area, which consider both road and railway infrastructure networks (multi-modal).

SIRMA will lead to significantly improved resilience of transportation infrastructures by developing a holistic toolset with transversal application to anticipate and mitigate the effects of extreme natural events and strong corrosion processes, including climate change-related impacts. These tools will be deployed for critical hazards that are affecting the main Atlantic corridors that is largely covered by this consortium presence and knowledge.

SIRMA will develop an innovative infrastructure risk management system, able to anticipate the occurrence and impact of extreme events, as well as to integrate knowledge about short-term actions (management of emergency situations) and medium to long-term actions (strategic measures to improve structural response of critical assets). With this framework it will be possible to take optimal risk mitigation measures, and this way to strengthening the territory resilience to several types of risk.

Work Packages

WP1- Coordination

WP2 – Communication

WP3 – Capitalization

Report on standardization needs for resilient transportation Atlantic infrastructure
Benchmarking report
Guide – Good practice and capacity building
Results dissemination and capacity building events

WP4 – Climate Change & Natural Hazards in Atlantic Area

Climate change indicators database
Predictive models for non interceptable events
Framework for vulnerability assessment and consequence analysis for transportation infrastructure networks (software/algorithm)

WP5 – Instrumenting Transportation Infrastructures for Extreme Natural Hazards

Repository of Instrumentation Design for a Range of Deployment Scenarios
Creation of Demonstrative Numerical Benchmark
Creation of Demonstrative Experimental Benchmark

WP6 – Risk & Resilience-Based Decision Making procedure for Transportation Infrastructure

Risk-based predictive model (software/algorithm)