Considering that 50 million square meters of precast industrial buildings are built in Europe every year, it can be concluded that this is one of the most important parts of the construction industry. Nevertheless, the response of such systems has been poorly investigated, and no reliable assessments of their seismic vulnerability have been available. Even the design procedures were not complete and adequate, including that in Eurocode, which was very conservative. Consequently the competitiveness and even the existence of this important part of construction industry has been jeopardized. In 2012 the SAFECAST project was completed, where the most important associations of the construction industry as well as the research centers performing this type of the research were involved. There are numerous important results of this project, which significantly improved the competitiveness of the precast industry. Only the most important results, which were obtained through the research performed within this research group (earthquake engineering), are listed below: 1) The extensive experimental studies of the typical connections were performed for the first time. Some of the innovative solutions for the connections were studied as well. 2) In the ELSA research centre the experimental investigation of a large scale multi-storey building was performed and very valuable data about the seismic performances of multi-storey buildings were collected for the first time. The research group was involved in the preparation, execution as well as post-experimental studies of this building. 3) The design rules which take into account all the specifics of the precast buildings have been defined. They will be included in the next version of the Eurocode standard. 4) The numerical models which can be used for more reliable seismic analysis of precast buildings were developed. 5) For the first time, the modern probabilistic methods were used to estimate the seismic vulnerability of multistory precast buildings. Note: The complete report consists of three parts. The COBISS number in the header corresponds to Part 1. The other two parts have numbers 6198113 in 6198369.
F.10 Improvements to an existing technological process or technology
COBISS.SI-ID: 6197857The final report of the European project presents the development of European Cultural Heritage Identity Card. It contains the guidelines for acquisition of data needed for creation of Card and provides a template of card. The translations of Guidelines in 11 languages and 14 application examples from different European countries are provided for worldwide application at the EUCHIC Portal (www.eu-chic.eu).
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
COBISS.SI-ID: 6200673The final report of the European project presents the application of the proposed PERPETUATE methodology to the following case studies: The Casbah of Algiers and the Great Mosque in Algiers (Algeria); The Neoclassical School, the Hassan Bey’s Mansion and the Arsenal de Milly (Greece); Ardinghelli Palace, Santa Maria Paganica Church and St. Pardo Cathedral in Larino (Italy); Kolizej building, Bovec region and Old city centre Ljubljana (Slovenia).
D.06 Final report on a foreign/international project
COBISS.SI-ID: 6201953The research team at FGG, involved in earthquake engineering, has for many years successfully collaborated with the NPP Krško in projects related to the seismic safety of NPP facilities and their equipment. Inter alia, we led an international consortiums for two large studies of the re-evaluation of seismic hazard at the plant site. In recent years, the main work is associated with independent reviews of projects within the NPP Krško modernization related to seismic safety. For even more successful cooperation NEK decided to employ Dr. Daniel Celarec, based on our proposal. Dr.Celarec obtained his PhD in 2012. He studied and worked in our research group as a “young researcher”. Dr. Celarec will have in NPP Krško an excellent opportunity to apply knowledge and skills gained in doctoral studies.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
The principal investigator is one of the three editors of the international journal Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (Wiley) with the highest impact factor among the journals in the field of earthquake engineering. In 2012, he processed 125 manuscripts submitted for publication. Editorial work provides an overview of research performed worldwide and also enables some influence on the directions of future research. The principal investigator is also a member of editorial boards of five other international journals.
C.04 Editorial board of an international magazine