Siemens PLM Software announces in-kind grant to EUCENTRE to support research in the field of seismic risk

Milano - Siemens PLM Software today announced an in-kind software grant, with a commercial value of nearly €28.000, to support EUCENTRE’s research program devoted to the reduction of seismic risk around the world.

EUCENTRE (European Center for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering) uses Siemens PLM Software’s solutions for modeling and analysis, aiming to define the seismic behavior of single structures, and to validate simplified models for evaluation of large scale seismic risk. Through EUCENTRE’s use of Siemens PLM Software’s technology, significant scientific progress is possible in the fields of seismic engineering and seismology, which in turn provides a concrete basis for the development of emergency plans and the improvement of intervention strategies and policies.

“EUCENTRE has a fundamental role in coordinating project C.A.S.E. (Complessi Antisismici Sostenibili Ecocompatibili), for the construction of 180 seismically isolated buildings, using more than 7,000 isolation bearings, after the earthquake at L’Aquila,” said Barbara Borzi, Head of the Seismic Risk Section at Eucentre. Experimentation and numerical analysis are carried out at the research center in order to both investigate and implement methodologies and innovative techniques for seismic assessment, and improve seismic design criteria. EUCENTRE has an extremely advanced laboratory, Laboratory for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (TREES-Lab), which features experimental facilities such as a high performance shaking table for dynamic tests and the strong floor-reaction wall system (12 m high walls) for pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic tests on test specimens or full scale structures.

Borzi added, “Thanks to the advanced functionalities of Siemens PLM Software’s solutions, we can build the finite element model more efficiently than with other software, meaning with reduced efforts and improved results. The software’s ability to interface with different solvers, allows us to manage different kinds of non-linear analysis within the same instrument: an important added value for our activity.”

“Siemens PLM Software develops and nurtures partnerships that provide significant value for academic institutions, youth / displaced workers development programs, Regional Productivity Partnerships, Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) and our global communities,” said Hulas King, director of Siemens PLM Software ‘s GO PLM & Global Community Relations.

“We partner with academic institutions to increase the skills of the work force, introduce the most advanced technologies and improve PLM processes. We are proud to team with Eucentre’s strong leaders and University of Pavia’s gifted students to reduce seismic risk on a global basis.”