Scope

The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss various issues in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering that are related to Monuments and Historical Centers. The adequate evaluation of seismic hazard, including the role of local soil conditions and site effects, is of the utmost importance for selecting the design input motion for single monuments, aggregates and complex historical centers. Poor founding soil conditions, construction on steep slopes and hills or on soft alluvial, diluvial or deltaic deposits, all have a serious impact on the stability and integrity of monuments under static and seismic loading conditions. The response of monuments under earthquakes is a far more complicated issue compared to that of modern structures, mainly due to the complexity and aging of the construction materials and the static system. Any intervention, retrofit or reconstruction must follow specific archaeological and historical regulations. Consequently, modern techniques, methods and materials cannot always be applied without being properly adjusted to the specific requirements of each particular monument. On a global scale, the seismic vulnerability and risk management of aggregates and cities classified as historical is a serious and complicated problem requiring special attention. The scope of the workshop is to bring together structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, engineering seismologists, geologists, archeologists and governmental authorities from all over the world so as to exchange their experience, discuss recent advances and problems encountered and promote collaboration.

The Steering Committee of the workshop is coordinated by Dr Christos Tsatsanifos (pangaea@otenet.gr) and Professor Kyriazis Pitilakis, Chairman of 4ICEGE (pitilakis@civil.auth.gr).

Monuments, historical centers and aggregates, seismic hazard, site effects, design motion, seismic scenarios, foundations, damages from recent and past earthquakes, structures, soil dynamics, modeling, materials, constitutive relations, methods, techniques, monitoring, instrumentation, retrofitting, performance, vulnerability assessment, risk management, regulations.  

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers following the specific format of the 4ICEGE conference (for instructions please refer to the conference website: www.4icege.org).

Deadline for submission of the papers

April 15, 2007

All participants must register specifically for this workshop. No extra fees are charged for those participating in the main 4ICEGE conference. Fees for participants who register explicitly for this workshop are 100€. Fees cover publication cost of submitted papers and cost of lunch and coffee breaks (for any questions regarding the submission as well as the registration process please contact: secretariat@4icege.org)

Final Programme
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