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Dr.
Horea Sandi,
Academy
of Technical Sciences of Romania
Bd.
Dacia nr. 26
Sector
1
Bukarest
T.:
+40 21 211 7951
Fax:
+40 21 312 55 31
office@agir.ro
sandi@geodin.ro
GG-ASTR
means the Group on Geodynamics organized under the auspices of ASTR (Academy of
Technical Sciences of Romania).
ASTR
was organized, with the agreement of the Romanian Academy, in 1997 – 1998. It
is an institution where eminent scientists and practitioners of the various
branches of engineering were accepted for membership. Its current president is
Academician Radu Voinea, who is also president of the Department of Technical
Sciences of the Romanian Academy. ASTR is organized in ten departments,
corresponding to various engineering branches. Out of these, one can mention, as
relevant for the project, the departments on civil engineering (current
vice-chairman: Horea Sandi) and on mining, oil and geonomical engineering
(current chairman: Dorel Zugravescu). The activities of ASTR consist mainly of
supporting the advancement of technical sciences (responsibility of projects,
symposia, publications), the dissemination of knowledge and qualified advice to
governmental bodies.
GG-ASTR
(chairman: Dorel Zugravescu) was organized under the auspices of the department
on mining, oil and geonomical engineering and developed, in its field,
activities that correspond to those of the ASTR. The main activities are related
to participation in national and international research projects (to be
mentioned in this latter respect: the coordination of the virtual international
laboratory concerning the Vrancea geodynamically active zone). GG-ASTR is often
building consortia with IGAR (Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy;
director: Dorel Zugravescu).
Suggestions
on completion of document CARiMan2
Item
B.1:
1.
Integration of
risk analyses for various categories of risk into network of computer aided risk
management.
2.
Development of
appropriate communication capabilities (among other: glossary of common use).
3.
Search for
harmonized dealing with various categories of risks.
4.
Improved specific
communication and dissemniation of knowledge.
Item.
B.3:
1.
Improved control
of risks.
2.
Development of
network of relevant databases.
3.
Progress towards
systematic warning on various risks and alarming on events having disaster
generating potential.
4.
Contribution to
integrated risk management policies at various levels (gobermental, local etc.).
Item
4.1 (Seismic CARiMan):
1.
Pro-active
activities (summarizing disseminating knowledge on risk assessment an
mitigation, developing network on risk management).
2.
Developing
post-event rreaction capabilities (alarming, gathering and summarizing
information on events and consequences, developing specific reaction
strategies).
3.
ROBOSENSE ? (not
clear).
(separately: info as required for items:
-
B1 & A3
-
B8)
CV
of Dr. eng. (civil engng.) & mathematician Horea Sandi
Horea
Sandi graduated in 1954 (University of Bucharest / Faculty of Mathematics /
Mechanics of continua) and in 1955 (Institute of Civil Engineering / Faculty of
buildings and industrial structures). He became dr. eng. in the frame of the
Institute of Civil Engineering in 1966 (Thesis: Contributions to the theory of
structural design).
Activity:
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structural design in the frame of the Railway Design Institute, 1955
- 1957;
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research on hydrotechnical structures in the frame of the Institute of
Hydrotechnical Research, 1957 – 1958;
-
research on structural mechanics and structural safety, in the frame of
the Building Research Institute, 1958 – 2001:
-
research on structural mechanics (especially dynamics), structural
safety, earthquake engineering, engineering seismology, experimental activities
(mainly full scale dynamic analysis), loads on structures, computer analyses of
structures, earthquake protection strategies;
-
drafting of standards and codes on principles of structural design,
actions on structures, earthquake resistant design;
-
technical assistance to design organizations;
-
research on engineering seismology in the frame of the Institute of
Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy, since 2001;
-
teaching activity, as part time job, since 1963 (strength of materials,
theory of elasticity, structural dynamics, theory of shells, testing of
structures, disaster prevention, probability theory);
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activities abroad: lectures at several universities (course on seismic
risk in Italy, 1991); from 1973 to 1989, lectures in the frame of successive
regional seminars on earthquake engineering under the auspices of EAEE (European
Association for Earthquake Engineering); from 1983 to 2002, coordination of
working groups of EAEE; from 1982 to 1986, vice-president of EAEE; participation
in UNDP/UNESCO and UNDP/UNIDO Balkan projects (1981 – 1984, then 1988 –
1990); consultancy to UNDRO and UNIDO (1983 and 1986); participation in European
project ENSeRVES (1997 – 2001);
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publications: 2 books single – authored, 6 books co – authored, more
than 150 articles and papers;
-
full member, Academy of Technical Sciences of Romania (1999), currently
vice-chairman of Division of civil engineering.
1.
H. Sandi, G. }erb`nescu, T. Zorapapel: Lessons from the Romania
earthquake of 4 March 1977. Proc. 6-th
European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Dubrovnik, 1978.
2.
H. Sandi: Seismic vulnerability and seismic intensity. Proc.
7-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Athens, 1982.
3.
H. Sandi: The decision on the intervention on existing structures:
alternatives and cost-benefit analysis. Proc.
4-th International Conf. on the Applications of Statistics and Probability in
Soil and Structural Engineering (ICASP-4), Firenze, 1983.
4.
H. Sandi: A Report on vulnerability analysis carried out in the Balkan
Region. Proc. 8-th World Conf. on
Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, 1984.
5.
H. Sandi (WG Convenor): UNDP/UNESCO Project RER/79/014 “Earthquake
Risk Reduction in the Balkan Region” WG B: Vulnerability and Seismic Hazard.
Final Report. UNESCO, Paris, 1984.
6.
H. Sandi: Analysis of seismic risk for geographically spread systems. Proc.
4-th International Conf. on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR ’85),
Kobe, 1985.
7.
H. Sandi: The Romania earthquake of March 4, 1977: Notes on the effects,
the post-earthquake reaction and the future action needs. Proc.
Joint US-Romania Seminar on Earthquakes and Energy, Bucharest, 1985.
8.
H. Sandi: Current possibilities for the analysis and mitigation of the
seismic risk affecting the existing building stock. Proc. Joint US-Romania Seminar on Earthquakes and Energy, Bucharest,
1985.
9.
H. Sandi, D. Cazacu, C. Constantinescu, M. Stancu: A summary of studies
on the seismic vulnerability of buildings, carried out in Bucharest subsequently
to the March 4, 1977, Earthquake. Proc. Joint US-Romania Seminar on Earthquakes and Energy, Bucharest,
1985.
10.
H. Sandi, I. Floricel, D. Cazacu: Parametric analysis of risk and
expected total cost for buildings. Proc.
3-rd US Nat. Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Charleston, NC, 1986.
11.
H. Sandi: Some remarks and recommendations related to the experience of
the Mexico, 19 September 1985, earthquake. Proc. 8-th European Conf. on
Earthquake Engineering, Lisabona, 1986.
12.
G. Danci, D. R`dulescu, H. Sandi, M. Stancu: Some first data on the
Romania, 30/31 August 1986, earthquake. Proc.
8-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, 1986.
13.
H. Sandi (WG coordinator): EAEE Working Group on Vulnerability and Risk
Analysis for Individual Structures and for Systems. Report to the 8-th ECEE. Proc.
8-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Lisabona, 1986.
14.
H. Sandi: Prerequisites for the use of artificial accelerograms. 14-th
Regional Seminar on Earthquake Engineering, Ossiach, Austria, 1988
(published by ÖGE, 1989).
15.
H. Sandi: Quelques problèmes méthodologiques
soulevés
par l’analyse de la vulnerabilité
sismique. 2-ème Coll. Nat. de Génie
Parasismique, AFPS, Saint-Rémy-lès-
Chevreuse, 1989.
16.
H. Sandi: Alternative stochastic approaches to seismic response
analysis. Proc. 10-th International Conf.
on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT 10), Los Angeles, 1989.
17.
H. Sandi, M. Dolce, A. W. Coburn, B. Goschy: European Association on
Earthquake Engineering/WG.3 “Vulnerability and Risk Analysis”. Report
to the 9-th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Proc. 9-th European
Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Moscow, 1990.
18.
C. Radu, D. R`dulescu, H. Sandi: Some data and considerations on recent
strong earthquakes of Romania. Publ. AFPS,
Cahier Technique No. 3, 1990.
19.
H. Sandi: Probabilistic analysis of durability of structures. Proc.
ICASP-6 (6-th International Conf. on the Applications of Statistics and
Probability in Soil and Structural Mechanics), Mexico City, 1991.
20.
H. Sandi: Use of instrumental data for evaluation of ground motion and
for specification of seismic conditions. Some data on recent Romanian
experience. Proc. International Symp. on
Earthquake Disaster Prevention, CENAPRED/JICA, Mexico City, 1992.
21.
H. Sandi, I. Floricel: Analysis of seismic risk affecting the existing
building stock. Proc. 10-th European Conf.
on Earthquake Engineering, Vienna, !994.
22.
H. Sandi, I. Floricel: Analysis of attenuation for recent intermediate
depth earthquakes of Romania. Proc. 5-th
International Conf. on Seismic Zonation, Nice, 1995.
23.
H. Sandi, O. Stancu: Parametric analysis of seismic hazard for
intermediate depth earthquakes of Romania. Proc.
5-th International Conf. on Seismic Zonation, Nice, 1995.
24.
H. Sandi: Some needs and suggestions concerning the development of
design regulations. Proc. 11-th World
Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Acapulco, Mexic, 1996.
25.
H. Sandi: An alternative view on a hazard assessment case. Proc.
XXV-th ESC General Assembly, Reykjavik, 1996.
26.
H. Sandi, V. M@rza: Forecasting major Vrancea earthquakes. Proc.
XXV-th ESC General Assembly, Reykjavik, 1996.
27.
H. Sandi: Some considerations on the outcome of seismic hazard and risk
analysis. Implications for civil infrastructure systems. Proc. Workshop on Civil Infrastructure Systems for the Next Century: A
Global Partnership in Research. Cracow, 1996.
28.
H. Sandi, I. Floricel: Some alternative instrumental measures of ground
motion severity. Proc. 11-th European
Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, 1998.
29.
H. Sandi: A format for
vulnerability characteristics of damaged structures. Proc. 11-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, 1998.
30.
H. Sandi, R. V`c`reanu: Parametric analysis of cumulative damage. Proc.
11-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Paris, 1998.
31.
E. S. Georgescu, P. Popescu, H. Sandi, O. Stancu: “Towards a national
earthquake protection program under the conditions of Romania”. {n Vrancea
Earthquakes: Tectonics, Hazard and Risk Mitigation, (ed.: F. Wenzel) Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 241-250.
32.
H. Sandi: “Earthquake risk analysis and management. Some peculiarities
of the case of Romania.” In Vrancea
Earthquakes: Tectonics, Hazard and Risk Mitigation, (ed.: F. Wenzel) Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1999.
35.
H. Sandi: “Some methodological aspects related to vulnerability analysis”.
In Seismic
damage to masonry buildings (ed.: A. Bernardini), Balkema, Rotterdam, 1999.
36.
E. S. Georgescu, H. Sandi: Towards earthquake scenarios under the conditions of
Romania. Proc. 12-th World Conf. on
Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, 2000.
37.
H. Sandi, I. S. Borcia: Instrumental data versus prospects of microzonation in
Bucharest.Proc. 3-rd Japan – Turkey
Workshop on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, 2000.
38.
H. Sandi: “Seismic Risk in Romania. Features and Countermeasures.”
Prezentat` la un Seminar sub egida NATO la Istanbul, iunie 2000, publicat` [n “Mitigation
and Financing Seismic Risks” (editors: P. Kleindorfer and M. R. Sertel),
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
39.
H. Sandi: Obstacles to earthquake risk reduction, encountered in
Romania. Proc. Workshop on
"Mitigation of Seismic Risk, Support to Recently Affected European
Countries". Belgirate. Lago Maggiore, Italia, 2000.
40.
H. Sandi: “Education of civil engineers in view of disaster
prevention. The case of earthquakes in Romania”. Introductory lecture at one
of the themes of the International
Conference “Challenges to the Civil Engineering Profession in Europe at the
Beginning of the New Millennium”, organized in 2001 in Sinaia (Romania), under
the auspices of the project EUCEET (European Civil Engineering Education and
Training) and of ECCE (European Council of Civil Engineers). Independent
Film, Bucharest, 2002.
41.
H. Sandi, O. Stancu, I. S. Borcia: “Some features of seismic
conditions of Romania, as derived from instrumental data and from hazard
analysis”. Proc. 12-th European Conf. on
Earthquake Engineering, Londra, sept. 2002, CD, Elsevier, 2002.
42.
H. Sandi, O. Stancu, M. Stancu: “Stiffness evolution for some
structures subjected to successive strong earthquakes”. Proc. 12-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Londra, sept.
2002, CD, Elsevier,2002.
43.
H. Sandi, O. Stancu, I. S. Borcia: “Hazard analysis for Potenza,
Italy. A case study in the frame of the ENSeRVES project.” Proc. 12-th European Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Londra, sept.
2002, CD, Elsevier, 2002.
44.
H. Sandi: “Evolutionary, versus constant, seismic vulnerability of
structures. Importance and methodological
implications”. Proc. International Conf. Earthquake Loss estimate &
Risk reduction. Bucharest, 2002.
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