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The Minister of Public Works and Planning, Antonio Sevilla, and the rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Jose Antonio Franco, today signed a cooperation agreement to conduct a study of 'micro-zoning' earthquake in the town of Lorca , which will involve six teams of researchers.
The objective of the agreement "is clearly practical," said Sevilla in the signing ceremony, explaining that "we have recommendations for construction of buildings and infrastructure that can be used by technicians and construction companies."
To work on the characterization of the subsurface seismic model, responsible for the propagation of earthquakes.
It will be the first Spanish city to have a study of this nature.
Antonio Sevilla said that "we intend to decide on the type of building structures most appropriate in each area, according to the information to be extracted."
This work will be part of the compendium of studies taking place since last May 11, 2011 with the Regional Government analyzes what effects suffered the ground after the seismic accelerations in different parts of the city.
The award of this grant nominative, amounting to 120,000 euros, is financed entirely through the loan that the regional administration has signed with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Multidisciplinary team
These studies are performed from various areas, the geological, geotechnical and structural, affecting disciplines of Geodynamics, Geophysics, the Geotechnical and Construction.
Specifically, work will intervene six research teams for each of the specialties, led by the following specialists: Tomas Rodriguez (Neotectonics), Pedro Martinez (Geophysics), Rafael Blazquez (Earthquake Engineering), Anthony Thomas (Engineering Construction), Emilio Trigueros (Geotechnics) and Manuel Alcaraz (GIS and spatial planning).
Sevilla said "is a multidisciplinary field that will have a space coincides with the town."
Begin with a systematic collection and temporal information relevant to the synthesis starting set defining it in a geographic information system GIS space.
This system allows the selection of space areas in which conducted detailed studies and subsequent spatial correlation results.
The execution of this study will be conducted in six phases:
Phase I: Neotectonics and definition of seismic events.
Phase II: Environmental Modelling propagator.
Subsurface characterization.
Phase III: Classification of structural types: Foundations
Phase IV: Classification of structural types: Structures and building elements
Phase V: zoning maps and final report
Future phase: propagation tests and numerical modeling.
The first results are expected within nine months, and can derive new lines of work in this field, in important areas such as early warning and earthquake-resistant building.
Source: CARM
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