Investigating the effects of climate change on structural resistance and actions

André Orcesi*, Alan O'Connor, Dimitris Diamantidis, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, Miroslav Sýkora, Teng Wu, Olga Markogiannaki, Boulent Imam, Maria Pregnolato, More Authors

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Abstract

One major issue when considering the effects of climate change is to understand, qualify and quantify how natural hazards and the changing climate will likely impact infrastructure assets and services as it strongly depends on current and future climate variability, location, asset design life, function and condition. So far, there is no well-defined and agreed performance indicator that isolates the effects of climate change for structures. Rather, one can mention some key considerations on how climate change may produce changes of vulnerability due to physical and chemical actions affecting structural durability or changes of the exposure in terms of intensity/frequency of extreme events. This paper considers these two aspects and associated challenges, considering some recent activities of members of the IABSE TG6.1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages974-985
Number of pages12
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventIABSE Congress, Ghent 2021: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs - Ghent, Virtual, Belgium
Duration: 22 Sep 202124 Sep 2021

Conference

ConferenceIABSE Congress, Ghent 2021: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityGhent, Virtual
Period22/09/2124/09/21

Keywords

  • Adaptation
  • Climate change
  • Durability
  • Extreme events
  • Vulnerability

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