01 - ResilRoad (Risk-based Resilience indicators for Road networks)
Hi all,
The previous post was a brief introduction to this blog. Now, it’s time to further present my research project ResilRoad.
The previous post was a brief introduction to this blog. Now, it’s time to further present my research project ResilRoad.
As I said in the previous post, I am part of a research, innovation and training programme called SMARTI. My host institution in SMARTI is the University of Nottingham (UK), where I am enrolled as a PhD student. The University of Nottingham - founded in 1881 - is a top 20 university in the UK. One of my favourite thing about the university is the campus, which is huge, green and has amazing buildings (See for yourself in Fig. 1 and 2 ^^).
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| Fig. 1. Portland building (University of Nottingham) |
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| Fig. 2 Yang Fujia building (University of Nottingham) |
My project is the 9th research project within SMARTI. Hence, you can also call me ESR9 (Early-Stage Researcher 9) though Philippe is easier I think ^^. My project ‘ResilRoad’ is an acronym for Risk-based Resilience indicators for roadway networks. The aim is to improve risk-modelling methods for transportation networks under severe disruptive events.
I am sure that most of you already experienced traffic jams. Congestion happens for many reasons including car accidents, floods, repair works. Well, road disruptions could happen more frequently in the future due to ageing infrastructures, population growth and climate change.
I am sure that most of you already experienced traffic jams. Congestion happens for many reasons including car accidents, floods, repair works. Well, road disruptions could happen more frequently in the future due to ageing infrastructures, population growth and climate change.
This is where my project comes in. I am studying the impact of extreme events on the usability of road networks. I will then develop a method to quantify the ability of road networks to keep functioning in spite of changing condition (i.e. extreme weather events and man-made events). This method will also be useful to assess resilience enhancement opportunities (new infrastructures, repair strategies, etc.).
Hopefully, the understanding derived from my research should influence the design of new road infrastructures and help optimise the budgeting as well as the maintenance of existing infrastructures.
The slide below can help you picture the -why? -how? and -what? of my project. It's an adaptation of a slide that I prepared for a three-minute presentation that I gave in May 2018 in front of the SMARTI fellows and my colleagues at the University of Nottingham.
The slide below can help you picture the -why? -how? and -what? of my project. It's an adaptation of a slide that I prepared for a three-minute presentation that I gave in May 2018 in front of the SMARTI fellows and my colleagues at the University of Nottingham.
That's all for today ^^
See you all,
Philippe S, ESR9