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SERA – CEN/TC 250/SC 8 workshop on seismic hazard

SERA Deliverable 2.13

Tsionis, G; Athanasopoulou, A;

Pinto, A

2018

EUR 29312 EN

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Acknowledgements

This deliverable is part of a project that has received funding from the European Union’s

Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 730900.

ThisprojecthasreceivedfundingfromtheEuropeanUnion’sHorizon2020researchandinnovationprogrammeundergrant

agreementNo730900.

DELIVERABLE

D2.13StakeholdersworkshopM15

Workpackage WP2Communication,Outreach,Dissemination

Lead ETHZurich

Authors

GeorgiosTSIONIS(JRC)AdamantiaATHANASOPOULOU(JRC)

ArturPINTO(JRC)

Reviewers -

Approval Projectmanager

Status Draft

Disseminationlevel Public

Deliverydeadline 31.07.2018

Submissiondate 19.07.2018

Intranetpath DOCUMENTS/DELIVERABLES/SERA_D2.13_Stakeholdersworkshop

SERASeismologyandEarthquakeEngineeringResearchInfrastructureAllianceforEurope

D2.13StakeholderworkshopM15 2

TableofContentsSummary.....................................................................................................................................................3

1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................4

2 Agenda................................................................................................................................................5

3 Participants.........................................................................................................................................6

4 Conclusions.........................................................................................................................................8

Contact........................................................................................................................................................9



SummaryTheJointResearchCentre(JRC)oftheEuropeanCommissionorganisedwithintheSERAcommunicationactivitiesaworkshopon seismichazardassessment, togetherwithSERApartnersandexperts fromCEN/TC250/SC8,whichare responsible for thedevelopmentof Eurocode8. Theobjectivesof theworkshopweretoprovidefirst-handinsightsintotheoutputsofSERA,linkSERAactivitieswithotherscientific efforts in the field, and ensure a widely accepted basis for the development of the newEuropeanSeismicHazardModel.Theworkshopwasattendedbyabout40participants,includingSERApartners,expertsandnationaldelegatesinCEN/TC250/SC8,researchers,academicsandpractitionerswithexperienceinseismichazardassessment.SERAandCEN/TC250/SC8agreedtofurtherstrengthencollaborationwith the objective of optimizing efforts and results in order to ensure consistency ofrequirementsandoutputs,and investigate themeans forEurocode8 to takeprofitof theresearchperformedbySERAtoadvancetowardsaharmonisedEuropeanseismiczonation.



1 IntroductionEarthquakesaretheprecursorofmanyhumanandeconomiclossesinEuropeandworldwide-recall,forinstance,therecentearthquakesincentralItalyinAugustandOctober2016andJanuary2017.TheaimoftheHorizon2020projectSERA(SeismologyandEarthquakeEngineeringResearchInfrastructureAllianceforEurope)istoreducetheriskposedbynaturalandanthropogenicearthquakes,basedoninnovativeresearchanddevelopmentprojects.

SERAWorkPackage2'Communication,Outreach,Dissemination'enablesaprofound,consistentandefficientexchangeofinformationinthelargercommunityofstakeholdersinthefieldsofseismologyandseismicengineering.WithintheSERAproject,theEuropeanSeismicHazardModelisbeingupdatedand extended. Relevant activities include the definition of engineering output requirements, theupdatingandextensionoftheseismogenicsourcemodelandthegroundmotionpredictionequation(GMPE)logictree,andtheinterfacetoEurocode8andriskmodelling.Therefore,intheframeworkofthecommunicationactivities,theJointResearchCentre(JRC)oftheEuropeanCommissionorganiseda workshop on seismic hazard assessment, together with SERA project partners and experts fromCEN/TC 250/SC 8. CEN/TC 250/SC 8 featuring among the main stakeholders on the topic of theworkshop,asitisresponsibleforEN1998'Eurocode8:Designofstructuresforearthquakeresistance'and is currently working on the next generation of Eurocodes under a standardisation mandate1,includingtherepresentationoftheseismicaction.

Theworkshopintendedtofacilitatethedialoguebetweenstakeholders.Thespecificobjectivesweretoprovidefirst-handinsightsontheoutputsoftheSERAproject,linkSERAactivitieswithotherscientificefforts in the field, and ensure awidely accepted basis for the development of the new EuropeanSeismicHazardModel.Thecollaborationinitiatedattheworkshopwillultimatelycontributetobridgingthegapbetweenresearchandstandardisation,andtothereductionofseismicriskinEurope.

1M/515MandateforamendingexistingEurocodesandextendingthescopeofstructuralEurocodes



2 AgendaTheworkshoplastedafulldayandcomprisedpresentationsonthelatestdevelopmentsregardingtheupdatingandextensionoftheEuropeanSeismicHazardModel(ESHM19/20)andseismicriskmodellingin Europe, presentations on the developments in Eurocode 8 regarding the representation of theseismic action, as well as the views of national delegates to CEN/TC 250/SC 8 on seismic hazardassessment.Theworkshopwasconcludedwitharound-tablediscussion,wherethefuturestepsinthecollaborationbetweenSERAandCEN/TC250/SC8wereagreed.TheagendaisshowninTable1.

Table1:Workshopagenda

09:00-09:30 IntroductionDan Chirondojan, JRC; Georgios Tsionis, JRC; Domenico Giardini, ETH Zurich - SERACoordinator;PhilippeBisch,SC8Chairman

09:30-10:10 EngineeringrequirementsdefinedtodateforESHM19/20HelenCrowley,EUCENTRE

10:10-10:50 SummaryofEuropeanSeismicHazardModel(ESHM19/20)LaurentiuDanciu,ETHZurich

10:50-11:20 Coffeebreak

11:20-12:00 LatestGMPEdevelopmentsandpotentialimpactonEurocode8FabriceCotton,GFZPotsdam

12:00–12:20 SiteclassificationandintensitydependentseismicactionsandspectralamplificationfactorstowardsaEuropeanSeismicRiskModelKyriazisPitilakis,AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki

12:20-13:00 LowandverylowseismicityareasEdmundBooth,ConsultingEngineer

13:00-14:30 Lunchbreak

14:30-15:10 DevelopmentsintherepresentationoftheseismicactioninEurocode8PierreLabbé,ÉcoleSpécialedesTravauxPublics-SC8/PT1TeamLeader

15:10-15:50 GermanviewsonseismichazardassessmentEkkehardFehling,UniversityofKassel-GermanSC8delegate

15:50-16:20 SwissviewsontheimpactofseismichazardassessmentontheSwissseismiczoningmapThomasWenk,SwissSC8delegate

16:20-16:50 Coffeebreak

16:50-17:30 FrenchviewsonPSHAtestingPierreLabbé,ÉcoleSpécialedesTravauxPublics-FrenchSC8delegate

17:30-18:00 DiscussionandsummaryArturPinto, JRC;GeorgiosTsionis, JRC;DomenicoGiardini,ETHZurich -SERACoordinator;PhilippeBisch,SC8Chairman;MichaelFardis,UniversityofPatras-CEN/TC250ViceChair



3 ParticipantsTheworkshopwasattendedbyabout40participants (seeTable2andFigure1) from12countriesacrossEurope,namelyAustria,Cyprus,Denmark,France,Germany,Greece,Italy,Portugal,Slovenia,Spain,Switzerland,andtheUnitedKingdom.TheparticipantswererepresentativesofSERApartnersinvolved inWP 25 'Updating and extending the European Seismic HazardModel' andWP 26 'RiskModelling framework for Europe', experts and national delegates in CEN/TC 250/SC 8, as well asresearchers,academicsandpractitionerswithexperienceinthefieldofseismichazardassessment.

Table2:ListofparticipantsSurnameName Affiliation Country

AgostiAndrea JointResearchCentre ITALY

AthanasopoulouAdamantia JointResearchCentre ITALY

BischPhilippe EgisIndustries FRANCE

BoothEdmund EdmundBoothConsultingEngineer UNITEDKINGDOM

CarvalhoEduardo GapresSA PORTUGAL

ChrysostomouChristis CyprusUniversityofTechnology CYPRUS

CaverzanAlessio JointResearchCentre ITALY

CorreiaAntónio LaboratórioNacionaldeEngenhariaCivil PORTUGAL

CottonFabrice GFZ GERMANY

CrowleyHelen EUCENTRE ITALY

D'AmicoMaria IstitutoNazionalediGeofisicaeVulcanologia ITALY

DanciuLaurentiu SwissSeismologicalService-ETHZurich SWITZERLAND

DimovaSilvia JointResearchCentre ITALY

DolsekMatjaz UniversityofLjubljana SLOVENIA

DosSantosGervasioHelena JointResearchCentre ITALY

FajfarPeter UniversityofLjubljana SLOVENIA

FardisMichail UniversityofPatras GREECE

FehlingEkkehard UniversityofKassel GERMANY

FonsecaJoao UniversidadedaBeiraInterior PORTUGAL

GasparEscribanoJorgeMiguel UniversidadPolitécnicadeMadrid SPAIN

GiardiniDomenico ETHZurich SWITZERLAND

LabbéPierre EcoleSpécialedesTravauxPublics FRANCE

LanzanoGiovanni IstitutoNazionalediGeofisicaeVulcanologia ITALY

LignosDimitrios EPFL SWITZERLAND

MedeotRenzo AustrianStandardsInstitute AUSTRIA

NegroPaolo JointResearchCentre ITALY

PeckerAlain ENPC FRANCE



PintoArtur JointResearchCentre ITALY

PitilakisKyriazis AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki GREECE

PoljansekMartin JointResearchCentre ITALY

SaberiMogens NIRAS DENMARK

SchlueterFranz-Hermann SMPIngenieureimBauwesenGmbH GERMANY

SolomosGeorge JointResearchCentre ITALY

SousaLuisa JointResearchCentre ITALY

TsionisGeorgios JointResearchCentre ITALY

VarumHumberto UniversityofPorto PORTUGAL

WeatherillGraeme GeoForschungsZentrum GERMANY

WenkThomas Wenk SWITZERLAND

Figure1:Groupphotooftheworkshopparticipants



4 ConclusionsSERAandCEN/TC250/SC8agreedtofurtherstrengthencollaborationwiththeobjectiveofoptimizingeffortsandresults inorder toensureconsistencyof requirementsandoutputs,and investigate themeans forEurocode8 to takeprofitof theresearchperformedwithin theSERAproject toadvancetowardsaharmonisedEuropeanseismiczonation.Thiswillbeachievedby:

1. Nominatingcontactpersonsfrombothsideswhowillactasliaisonbetweenthetwogroupsandwillattendrelevantmeetings.

2. ContinuingthetechnicaldiscussionandprovidingformutualparticipationinrelevantmeetingsorganizedbySERAandbyCEN/TC250/SC8.

3. Draftingatechnicalreportontheissueofderivationoftheseismichazard,whichcouldsupportadvancementtowardsaharmonisedEuropeanseismiczonationandbeconsideredasthebasisfor an eventual Informative Annex in the new version of Eurocode 8, provided that suchzonationisacceptedbyCENmembers.



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