Dr Raffaele De Risi
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
Structural modelling and reliability
Performance-based earthquake engineering
Lifecycle cost analysis
Effectiveness of seismic risk mitigation techniques (passive control)
Seismic loss estimation of spatially distributed structures
Seismic risk management and decision-making
Tsunami hazard and risk modelling and analysis
Multi-hazards risk assessment due to mega-thrust subduction earthquakes
Risk assessment for hydro-geological phenomena
Climate Change
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Climate change adaptation in infrastructure systems
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
PhD studentships focused on the investigation and development of new methodologies for:
1) Climate change adaptation in power systems considering interdependencies with transportation/urban infrastructure systems, led by Dr Laiz Souto, Department…Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
18/09/2023
CSB Stanchions Assessment: an empirical-numerical approach
Principal Investigator
Description
This project aims at understanding the cause of the stanchion damage of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, using numerical analyses, pushover lab tests on removed stanchions and data from in-situ sensors.…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
03/05/2021 to 02/11/2021
A novel seismic energy dissipation mechanism for improving the safety of existing infrastructural systems: Proof-of-concept test.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
24/04/2021 to 31/07/2021
8035 GCRF GLOBAL RESEARCH TRANSLATIONAL AWARDS EP/T015462/1 - SAFER PREPARED
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
SAFER PREPARED is a UKRI funded GCRF project 2020-2021 led at University of Bristol in partnership with colleagues in Malawi.
It is part of a wider Programme on "Innovative data…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/10/2019 to 31/03/2022
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
06/03/2024A new post-tensioned precast warehouse structure with the SKID device: A structural design case study
Structures
Direct Displacement-Based Design (DDBD) of PT-SKID Frames: The Linear Equivalent Model
Journal of Earthquake Engineering
A geo-statistical framework to reduce uncertainty in predictions of VS30 and other geotechnical variables
14th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP14 Dublin, Ireland, July 9-13, 2023
Developing geodatabases in data-scarce regions: A case study of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies
Multi-scale structural integrity assessment of a series of identical components in cultural-heritage structures
Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems - Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2023