2025 International Workshop Summary and Highlights
We had the pleasure of hosting the 2025 International Workshop in Engineering Research Infrastructures for European Synergies (ERIES-IW2025) in Lisbon on 7-9th May 2025, hosted by the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC). Over 100 participants attended the event to discuss the exciting progress of their ERIES transnational access user projects to date and proposed activities for the upcoming months. This includes experimenting with seismic, wind and geotechnical hazards in order to advance our knowledge of these crucial areas.
Click here for the workshop programme.
Programme
7th May – Wednesday
Overview of the ERIES project (YouTube)
Presentation
• Main Session 1: Earthquake Geotechnical and Wind Engineering (YouTube)
Non-stationary wind loading on structures
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ERIES large-scale testing at the UKCRIC National Facility for Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction in Bristol
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• Main Session 2: Wind Engineering (YouTube)
ERIES-CLIMATHUNDERR: A combined impinging jet and gravity current technique to investigate thermal effects on downburst winds
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ERIES-LIDAR: Ligurian downslope winds assessed using LiDAR scanner for the safety management of port areas
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ERIES-SOLAR: Downburst-induced loads on a six-row array of ground-mounted solar trackers
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ERIES-TLTB: Thunderstorm-induced loading on tall buildings
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ERIES-SOLAR: Experimental modeling of non-synoptic bora winds
Extended Abstract | Presentation
· Parallel Session 1: Wind Engineering (YouTube)
ERIES-DisDeck: Flutter derivatives of distortionable twin-box bridges deck from URANS simulations
Extended Abstract | Presentation
ERIES-EOLICS: Evaluation of force coefficients on a lattice structure by experimental wind
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ERIES-FLAMBeRG: Wind tunnel testing of flexible advanced aeroelastic models of bridge cables
Extended Abstract | Presentation
ERIES-WiST: Wet snow accretion on overhead conductors: experimental study in a climatic wind tunnel
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ERIES-THRUST: Wind tunnel tests on a high rotational urban Savonius turbine
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· Parallel Session 2: Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering (YouTube)
ERIES-GSIRST: Geotechnical seismic isolation technology with rubber-soil trenches for earthquake resilience of existing structures
Extended Abstract | Presentation
ERIES-FREISUST: 3D shaking table tests of a full scale 2-storey building with fiber-reinforced elastomeric isolators
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ERIES-PASFIT: Dynamic in-situ testing of a 15-year-old friction-pendulum base isolation system
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ERIES-DICABE: Full scale tests for the assessment of the diaphragm capacity of beam-and-block existing floors
Extended Abstract | Presentation
ERIES-RecycleSlab: Structural behaviour of recycled aggregate reinforced concrete flat slabs with drop panels under seismic and cyclic actions
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· Parallel Session 3: Wind Engineering (YouTube)
ERIES-POLISHED: Wind tunnel measurements and CFD correlation of gas dispersion around offshore supply vessel
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ERIES-ValUr: A high-fidelity dataset for validation of urban pollution dispersion models – project overview and geometry preparation
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ERIES-SSTURBBO: Effects of small-scale turbulence on the aerodynamic and aeroelastic responses of a 3:2 rectangular prism
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ERIES-WENSS: Wind-effects on non-standard shapes and structures
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ERIES-WonV1: Wind tunnel testing and numerical simulations for optimizing vertiport design
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· Parallel Session 4: Earthquake Engineering (YouTube)
ERIES-RESPOND: Real scale experimental assessment of pile group dynamic impedance
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ERIES-RESTORING: Retrofitting of stone masonry using innovative grid-based composites
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ERIES-REVAULTs: Overview and preparation for experimental testing of a full-scale masonry cross vault specimen
Extended Abstract | Presentation
ERIES-SUPREME: Out-of-plane shake-table tests on unreinforced masonry gables considering different roof configurations
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ERIES-STRONG: Seismic retrofitting of RC buildings using cross-laminated timber panels: project insights
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8th May – Thursday (YouTube)
Working Session: Data Management
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Working Session: Policy and Impact within ERIES
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Working Session: Future Outlook for ERIES
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• Main Session 3: Earthquake Geotechnical and Wind Engineering (YouTube)
ERIES-SCOUR&SHAKE: Structural Performance monitoring and evaluation of scoured bridges under dynamic actions
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ERIES-ProMoTWA: Code calibration in wind engineering: shortcomings and needs
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The ERIES-VORSEA wind tunnel experiments
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ERIES-ALL4wALL: Video-based target-tracking for refined spatial characterisation of the 3D displacement response of large-scale RC units in shake-table tests
Extended Abstract | Presentation
ERIES-HYSTERESIS: Geographically distributed hybrid testing of a multi-storey timber structure on compliant soil: pilot design
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ERIES-HITBASE: Response analysis of column-base connections in existing steel frames
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• Main Session 4: Earthquake Engineering (YouTube)
ERIES SC-RESTEEL: Design and analysis of large-scale tests of a self-centring seismic-resilient steel MRF
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ERIES-RACKSLIDE: Experimental investigation of pallet sliding in steel racking systems via shake table testing
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ERIES-FLEJOI: Shake table testing of masonry-infilled RC frames with flexible joints for seismic-resilient structural performance
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ERIES-RESUME: Numerical analyses and laboratory test
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ERIES-ENFRAG: State-dependent fragility via experimentally validated energy-based approaches
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ERIES-ALL4wALL: Seismic residual displacements of RC U-shaped core walls: preliminary findings
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Closing Address & Best Young Researcher Presentation Award (YouTube)
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