Job Advertisement: Unspecified Closing Date
Fully-funded PhD - Capturing uncertainty in seismic hazard assessments: How
much do we know?
Power and energy projects, such as nuclear power plants and waste repositories
and large-scale hydroelectric schemes, require seismic hazard assessments to
be conducted as part of the regulatory process, even in low-seismicity areas
such as the UK. The purpose of these assessments is to estimate the
probabilities that various levels of earthquake ground shaking will be
surpassed during a given period (e.g. the life-time of the structure). The
aim of this project is to better understand the sources of this uncertainty
within seismic hazard assessments, in particularly those related to the
estimation of strong ground motions at a given site from a particular
earthquake. The project will investigate how this uncertainty can be
measured, captured and checked to see that it is appropriate given the level
of knowledge for a particular region. The project will consist of analyses of
large databases of earthquake data, principally strong-motion records and
their associated parameters, as well as statistical investigations of
previously published seismic hazard assessments and their components (e.g.
ground-motion models). More information is available at:
http://www.strath.ac.uk/civeng/pg/funding/phd/.
This studentship is funded by the EPSRC and, as such, has strict
eligibility criteria. For UK students the studentship covers fees plus an
annual stipend of GBP 14,057 per annum (paid monthly, tax-free) for 3.5
years. If you are interested in this position, please email a CV and covering
letter to: [log in to unmask] Please title your email "Seismic hazard
assessment PhD".
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