#	Pagina
attuale pagina	/open-h2020/projects/210185/results.html
-1	/open-h2020/projects/206178/index.html
-2	/open-h2020/projects/198348/index.html

Report

Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SERA (Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe)

Teaser

Summary

\"SERA is the \"\"Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe\"\", responding to the priorities identified in the call INFRAIA-01-2016-2017 Research Infrastructure for Earthquake Hazard.
The overall objective of SERA is to give a significant contribution to improve the access to data, services and research infrastructures, and deliver solutions based on innovative R&D in seismology and earthquake engineering, aiming at reducing the exposure of our society to the risk posed by natural and anthropogenic earthquakes.
To this end, SERA will: Involve the communities involved in previous successful projects including NERA and SERIES; Offer transnational access to the largest collection of high-class experimental facilities in earthquake engineering; Offer virtual access to the main data and products in seismology and anthropogenic seismicity; Promote multi-disciplinary science across the domains of seismology, anthropogenic seismicity, near-fault observatories and deep underground laboratories, to achieve an improved understanding of earthquake occurrence; Revise the European Seismic Hazard reference model for consideration in the ongoing revision of the Eurocode 8; Develop the first comprehensive framework for seismic risk modeling at European scale; Develop the new standards for future experimental observations in earthquake engineering and for the design of future instruments and networks for observational seismology; Develop reliable methodologies for real-time assessment of shaking and damage; Expand access to seismological observations; Network infrastructures and communities in the fields of deep seismic sounding, experimental earthquake engineering and site characterization; Provide an important contribution to the construction and validation of EPOS; Provide effective communication and outreach to all stakeholders.\"

Work performed

Between M1 and M18, the three calls foreseen for Transnational Access (TA) have been launched, with 33 projects across all 10 TA facilities already allocated and the last call being now under evaluation. Most of the experiments will be completed in the next reporting period but the TA program is well underway and designed to allow all projects to be completed during the SERA duration. Also, the first evaluation of Virtual Access (VA) for the 5 WPs providing VA in SERA has been conducted by an international panel. In the area of Networking Activities (NA), in addition to the SERIES earthquake engineering database expansion and updating, various meetings have taken place targeting the EIDA (European Integrated Data Archive) seismic network in order to explore the integration of new nodes (Spain, Portugal, UK, Norway, Balkans, Turkey). Indeed, some new datasets have already been integrated. Networking on site characterization is also progressing well, with a large community meeting taking place in December 2018. The deep seismic sounding community is also organized and a workshop already took place. The Seismo@school networking program is very active, with two teachers workshops already celebrated in Romania and Portugal, and the last one already planned in Greece in 2019, in addition to various specialists workshops already held. Globally, of the 22 workshops foreseen across all WPs in SERA (community workshops, external stakeholders workshops), 10 have already been conducted and 8 are already planned. In the area of Joint Research Activities (JRA), all WPs are active, and 13 peer-reviewed papers associated to SERA have already been submitted. Some highlights are the joint definition of requirements for the European Seismic Hazard Model derived together with CEN/TC250/SC8 (the subcommittee for Earthquake resistance design of structures of the European Committee for Standardization), in view to annex ESHM20 to the next release of the Eurocode 8 construction code; the compilation of seismogenic source models from national models and harmonised regional source models derived together with GEM (Global Earthquake Mode), also to be used in ESHM20; the elaboration of a taxonomy of buildings and industrial plants required for exposure modelling, and the update of the residential exposure model initiated in NERA; and a study to determine fault geometry and size of moderate and large earthquakes within seconds to minutes from event origin.
It is also relevant that the collaboration between SERA and the Thematic Core Services (TCS) in EPOS-IP is undergoing (TCS Seismology, TCS Near-Fault Observatories, TCS Anthropogenic Hazards), as well as between the SERA Coordination and with the EPOS-IP Coordination. Moreover, the Scientific Advisory Board met with the occasion of the first SERA annual meeting at M12, and has provided their mid-term assessment report. Some of their recommendations already made during the meeting were incorporated from M12. In the area of management, all project boards are active, and the management plan is being followed, including the monitoring of the financial and risk status. All deliverables due by M18 are already submitted, of which 4 in preliminary form with full versions foreseen by M23. Concerning milestones, 10 were to be met by M18, of which 7 were fully met and 3 will soon enter verification, with the expectation to have them all achieved by M23. Also, one Grant Agreement amendment has been submitted following the termination of partner AMRA, and tasks and resources have been reallocated within existing partners. No major deviations are to be reported. The communication plan is still valid at M18, both at project level and with external stakeholders.

Final results

At M18, all activities are going in the good direction to achieve the impact anticipated in the Grant Agreement. Some quantitative and qualitative indicators of progress are:
-With a total of 10 already celebrated workshops, SERA has offered a significant number of opportunities for knowledge exchange and the dissemination of its findings. The workshops conducted reached a wide variety of audiences (up to 400 teachers through Seismo@school workshops, and over 1000 participants in conferences) including among others scientists, technicians, engineers, and managers.
-With an average of 2â€™500 unique visitors per month on the SERA website â€“ in addition to 200 subscribers of the bi-annual newssheet, and around 100 followers on Twitter, SERA has a large coverage and uses its different communication channels effectively to inform and interact with its stakeholders. By setting up a data management plan, SERA in addition, seeks to optimize data access within the project and with interested stakeholders.
-Virtual access is going according to plan, with statistics of access provided in D18.1.
-All Transnational access calls have now been launched, and 33 experiments across all TA facilities have been already selected. This shows a very good response of the user community to the call and potential for impact to the construction sector.
-The CEN/TC 250/SC8 technical subcommittee has agreed to include an annex to the updated Eurocode 8 with the updated ESHM20 hazard model, meaning that SERA will produce results to be embedded into the next European construction regulations.
-There is full coordination in place between SERA and EPOS-IP, ensuring that there is a coherent approach to strategy, implementation of services and resource planning between both projects, and towards EPOS-ERIC.