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Evaluating Road Network Resilience to Climate Change Using Data-Driven Methods
keywords BRIDGE MONITORING, CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE, EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING, LANDSLIDES, ROAD NETWORKS, SEISMIC VULNERABILITY
Reference persons MARCO CIVERA, VALERIO DE BIAGI
External reference persons MIANO ANDREA (Università di Napoli Federico II)
PARISI FULVIO (Università di Napoli Federico II)
Thesis type EXPERIMENTAL AND SIMULATION
Description The thesis work involves developing a methodology, based on data analysis, to evaluate the multi-hazard resilience of urban and extra-urban road networks in case of large seismic events and climate change-induced extreme weather events.
The candidate student will focus on two case studies of large road networks in highly-populated urban areas (Naples and Turin), already investigated in previous works.
By considering all the major infrastructures (bridges and viaducts) included in the selected networks, the candidate will expand the already-existing methodology, based on earthquake risk and earthquake-induced landslide risk, to account for rainfall-induced landslides.
Then, departing from these evaluations and experimental data (seismic recordings, weather data, and traffic analysis), a data-driven approach will be developed in the second part of the thesis. This will be used to assess the global vulnerability of the whole road network, plus its resilience to traffic interruptions and re-routing.
This research work is part of the activities of the newly inaugurated Centro Nazionale Mobilità Sostenibile (CNMS), specifically of the Spoke 7 WP 4 ‘Resilience of networks, structural health monitoring and asset management’, led by Politecnico di Torino and that include a network of 11 top Italian universities, plus many industrial partners (including, but not limited to, Autostrade per l’Italia, Milano-Serravalle, ANAS, and more).
Deadline 12/07/2025
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