The ENDURE project has reached a major milestone with the successful execution of a full-scale partial collapse test on a steel building specimen. This landmark experiment represents a significant step forward in understanding the behavior of structures subjected to extreme events. The test simulated a highly demanding scenario involving the sudden loss of three columns, designed to…
In the project FIRSTIMB, leaded by the researchers Manuel L. Romero and Ana Espinós from ICITECH, an innovative demountable structural system based on steel-timber composite beams was investigated and tested under severe fire conditions. In particular, a novel type of bolted shear connectors previously developed by colleagues from the University of Luxembourg (Prof. Christoph Odenbreit)…
The Social Council of the UPV recognizes academic excellence and innovation in its XXIII Awards The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) celebrated the twenty-third edition of the Social Council Awards, an event that values talent, innovation and dedication of students, teachers, research staff and entities linked to the university. The event, held in the auditorium…
Cover of Nature: UPV researchers devise a new building design method that avoids catastrophic collapses A team from the ICITECH Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has published in Nature the latest results of its radical proposal to create highly resilient buildings able to withstand and survive extreme situations caused by natural hazards (floods, landslides),…
Validation under real operating conditions and uncertainty reduction in the design of a seismic isolation system for partition walls made of laminated gypsum boards. The Lorca earthquake (2011) revealed that the main cause of the observed damages was the unresolved issue of seismic interaction between partition walls and the building structure. In 2014, UPV patented…
At the research Institute ICITECH, engineers are trying to find ways to keep buildings and bridges from falling down. The lab is getting attention after the deadly earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria in February. Listen here the interview Original article: https://theworld.org/stories/2023/03/24/earthquake-lab-designing-buildings-withstand-natural-disasters
Last month, the #OPTIFIB project (Optimization of the hydraulic performance of the drinking water network through fiber optics) developed the preliminary tests of its experimental program in the laboratory of the Concrete Science and Technology Research Institute (ICITECH) for the detection of structural failures in concrete pipes using a fiber optic system. The Concrete Science…
A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Politecnico di Milano has designed, within the framework of the European ReSHEALience project, new ultra-resistant and self-repairing concrete materials. In cracking situations and compared to conventional high-performance concrete, they have 30% more durability. In the event of a crack, it is able to repair itself automatically…
The ICITECH and ITEAM institutes of the UPV, together with the companies Global Omnium and Fibsen, participate in the OPTIFIB project, co-financed by the Valencian Innovation Agency and the European Union to develop a system for detecting leaks and structural breaks in pipes using fiber optics. More information: https://valenciaplaza.com/emshi-desarrolla-sistema-pionero-detectar-fugas-agua-fibra-optica
The Polytechnic University of Valencia has welcomed the constitution of a new spin-off. It is Sisnovatec, a company led by research staff from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, which develops new seismic isolation systems to increase the resilience of buildings to earthquakes and improve safety. The company is the result of investigations initiated as a…
