Data- and risk-based development of innovative construction methods for climate-adapted transport infrastructure
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Short description
Motivation
Climate change is a reality, causing weather-related natural catastrophes such as heavy rainfall and flash floods, river floods, storms, droughts and heat. In the future, the risk of localized heavy rainfall combined with flooding is also expected to increase. Depending on the topography and surface conditions, this will result in heavy surface runoff with high hydraulic loads (flooding, overtopping, undercutting, scouring, etc.) on road infrastructure. In the context of risk management, the usability of transport infrastructure before, during and after a flood or heavy rainfall event also plays an important role for society as a whole (e.g., ensuring supply and evacuation routes in the event of an incident). This is reflected in the specific resilience of transport infrastructure to natural events in terms of its ability to withstand or adapt to certain impacts or to recover quickly afterwards.
Objectives and Methodology
The Pave4Climate project aims to develop methods and measures for climate-resilient construction and maintenance of road infrastructure. The focus is on risk-based adaptation measures to extreme weather events caused by climate change, such as flooding and heat. By identifying cause-effect chains, climate-adapted upgrading measures will be derived and risk-based priority road sections for adaptation measures will be identified. The project is based on the current state of research and uses laboratory experiments, simulations and artificial intelligence to analyze complex cause-and-effect chains of flood damage. It will also develop innovative building materials and construction methods that not only minimize the effects of heavy rainfall and flooding, but also withstand the rising temperatures caused by climate change. The project takes into account the impact of climate change on natural disasters and highlights the importance of resilience in transport infrastructure.
Subgoals
- Compilation of damage information on different road structures as a result of hydraulic and thermal loading
- Assessment of the vulnerability of different road structures to damage in physical laboratory tests for the relevant hydraulically induced damage processes
- Identification of damage mechanisms and assessment of erosion resistance to flow attack on road materials
- Risk assessment of damage to road infrastructure, taking into account an overarching cause-effect model
- Development and application of semantic digital models and detection of road infrastructure with increased risk of damage using AI techniques
- Design and evaluation of temperature adapted asphalts and construction methods, identification of temperature related critical stress conditions in concrete pavements
- Evaluation of road structures with regard to their load-bearing capacity with high water contents
- Design proposals for climate-adaptive and resilient road infrastructures; recommendations for the selection of construction materials and material mixtures
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Project data
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Core information |
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Time period |
06/2024 - 05/2027 |
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Type of funding |
Third-party |
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Fundgiver |
Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
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TUD Research Priority Areas (RPAs) |
Energy, Mobility and Environment ' Water Research |
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
SDG 6 - Clean water and sanitation SDG 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG 11 - Sustainable cities and communities SDG 13 - Climate action SDG 17 - Partnerships for the goals |
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Keywords |
Climate resilience, transport infrastructure, model development |
Project management
© Andrè Terpe
Professor
NameMr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Stamm
Chair Hydraulic Engineering, Dean Faculty Civil Engineering
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Project management
Research Associate
NameMr Dr.-Ing. Ulf Helbig
Head of Hubert Engels Laboratory
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Research Associate
NameMs Alejandra Gabriela Orozco Nande M.Sc.
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Chair of Hydraulic Engineering Secretariat
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Research Associate
NameMr Ringo Rocha Reboucas M.Sc.
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Chair of Hydraulic Engineering Secretariat
Visiting address:
Haus 116, Raum 04-010 August-Bebel-Straße 30
01219 Dresden
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Project partners
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Website |
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Institute of Urban and Pavement Engineering (ISS), TUD |
Internal |
https://tu-dresden.de/bu/bauingenieurwesen/isb |
Publications
Currently no publications available.
Further information
Emergency action plan "Flood, heavy rain and temperature events" (file available in the folder).
Funding
The research project FE 88.0180/2023/IE01 is funded by the Federal Highway Research Institute on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport Affairs. The responsibility for the content lies solely with the author.
