
Dr Raffaele De Risi
Current positions
Associate Professor in Civil Engineering
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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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
Seismic Intelligent Micozonation
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/12/2024 to 30/11/2026
Community and Infrastructure Resilience to Climate-geological Long-term Effects
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
02/09/2024 to 01/09/2026
Climate change adaptation in infrastructure systems
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
Thesis supervisions
Wind-induced dynamic behaviour of slender structures
Supervisors
Seismic risk assessment through non-linear time-history analysis of template buildings in Nepal
Supervisors
Probabilistic Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Monopile-Supported Offshore Wind Turbines
Supervisors
Sliding Keys on Inclined Deflecting-cantilevers (SKID) device for application with Post-Tensioned (PT) frames
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/02/2025Incorporating soil-structure interaction into simplified numerical models for fragility analysis of RC structures
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
Use of Bayesian Kriging to develop new soil property maps for Quito, Ecuador
Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society
A new post-tensioned precast warehouse structure with the SKID device
Structures
Direct Displacement-Based Design (DDBD) of PT-SKID Frames
Journal of Earthquake Engineering
Functionality Assessment of Road Network Combining Flood Roadworthiness and Graph Topology
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment