STORMS: Strategies and Tools for Resilience of Buried Infrastructure to Meteorological Shocks

风暴：埋地基础设施抵御气象冲击的策略和工具

• 批准号: ST/Y004035/1
• 负责人: Andrew Hughes
• 金额: $ 5.83万
• 依托单位: British Geological Survey
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FY004035%2F1
• 关键词: STORMS; Strategies; Tools; Resilience; Buried

Buried infrastructure systems are vulnerable to meteorological shocks or extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts due to extreme precipitation, as well as extreme temperatures. Such events can lead to soil movement, thermal contraction and expansion, and sinkholes, among other problems. Despite the urgency, our society is not well prepared for the impacts of these shocks on buried infrastructure. Our understanding of where the risk is and how much it is remains poor, because existing risk assessment tools do not comprehensively consider impacts from both flood water and subsurface moisture/temperature variations. The extent to which the UK's buried infrastructure can cope with a significant weather event, or 'shock', is unclear. Such understanding is crucial for developing effective resilience strategies.This project aims to develop a comprehensive weather-related risk assessment framework for buried infrastructure, which include cables and pipes vital to cities and urban lives. The framework will be applied to understand the potential impacts of weather events and climate change on these infrastructures. The project team will also co-develop adaptation measures with stakeholders to increase resilience to these extreme events. The aim will be accomplished through five interrelated work packages. This includes 1) creating a broad-scale modelling methodology for hydrological conditions; 2) identifying current and future hydrological and meteorological scenarios posing risks to buried infrastructure; 3) employing advanced hydrodynamic modelling and vulnerability analysis to understand how buried pipes and cables respond to varying conditions; 4) integrating the developed models and datasets for a comprehensive risk assessment, and 5) co-developing resilience and adaptation strategies with stakeholders.The project is expected to deliver significant societal and economic impacts. By enhancing decision-making capabilities among infrastructure operators and utility companies, the research can lead to fewer service disruptions, potential cost savings, and increased resilience of infrastructure systems in the face of meteorological shocks and climate change.The project leverages expertise across multiple institutions, including the University of Birmingham, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and British Geological Survey, to address a critical challenge - the resilience of buried infrastructure to meteorological shocks, demonstrating excellent value for money by capitalising on significant investments in models, facilities, and national datasets. The anticipated outcome of this research program, including the tools and data that will be made available on the DAFNI platform, promises long-term value.

埋地基础设施系统容易受到气象冲击或极端天气事件的影响，例如极端降水导致的洪水和干旱以及极端温度。此类事件可能导致土壤移动、热收缩和热膨胀以及天坑等问题。尽管情况紧迫，但我们的社会尚未做好应对这些冲击对埋地基础设施的影响的准备。我们对风险在哪里以及风险程度的了解仍然很差，因为现有的风险评估工具没有全面考虑洪水和地下湿度/温度变化的影响。英国的地下基础设施能够在多大程度上应对重大天气事件或“冲击”尚不清楚。这种理解对于制定有效的抵御策略至关重要。该项目旨在为埋地基础设施开发一个全面的与天气相关的风险评估框架，其中包括对城市和城市生活至关重要的电缆和管道。该框架将用于了解天气事件和气候变化对这些基础设施的潜在影响。项目团队还将与利益相关者共同制定适应措施，以增强对这些极端事件的抵御能力。该目标将通过五个相互关联的工作包来实现。这包括 1) 创建大规模水文条件建模方法； 2) 识别当前和未来的水文和气象情景对埋地基础设施构成风险； 3) 采用先进的流体动力学建模和脆弱性分析来了解埋地管道和电缆如何响应不同的条件； 4) 整合开发的模型和数据集进行全面风险评估，5) 与利益相关者共同制定复原力和适应策略。该项目预计将产生重大的社会和经济影响。通过增强基础设施运营商和公用事业公司的决策能力，该研究可以减少服务中断，节省潜在成本，并提高基础设施系统面对气象冲击和气候变化的弹性。该项目利用多个机构的专业知识，包括伯明翰大学、英国生态与水文中心和英国地质调查局在内的合作伙伴，旨在应对一项关键挑战——地下基础设施对气象冲击的恢复能力，通过利用对模型、设施和国家的大量投资，展示出卓越的性价比。数据集。该研究计划的预期成果，包括将在 DAFNI 平台上提供的工具和数据，有望带来长期价值。