The AVI grants iPresas an aid to develop the project Seismic Risk Characterization in Embankment Dams Using Numerical Models

The Valencian Innovation Agency (Agencia Valenciana de la Innovación, AVI) grants iPresas an aid to develop the project Seismic Risk Characterization in Embankment Dams Using Numerical Models, with Application to the Insurance Market and Safety Investment Planning

The Generalitat Valenciana (regional government in Spain), through the co-financing program Promotion of Talent / L3. Doctoral students (Innodocto) of the Valencian Innovation Agency (Agencia Valenciana de la Innovación, AVI), has granted iPresas an aid for the development of the project entitled Seismic Risk Characterization in Embankment Dams Using Numerical Models, with Application to the Insurance Market and Safety Investment Planning. The objective of this aid is to promote the training of doctoral students so they will acquire the necessary skills to develop R&D projects in business environments and thus increase the companies degree technification and innovative capacity.

The main purpose of this project is the development of numerical methods that allow the estimation of the failure probability in embankment dams due to seismic events, and their application to the insurance market and safety investment planning.

These numerical methods will allow obtain fragility curves that will provide the failure probability depending on the solicitations. Fragility curves are a very valuable input for dam risk analysis processes, which is the main consulting activity of iPresas.

Thanks to the help granted by the AVI, the person hired to develop the project will carry out his PhD entitled Numerical Modeling Application to the Study of the Fragility of Embankment Dams in the Risk Analysis Context.