A large-scale prototype soil-foundation-structure system has been built in Euroseistest, named “EuroProteas”, a symbolic name from the derivatives “Euro” and “Proteas” – for the first of its kind large-scale model structure in Europe.
EuroProteas is dedicated to studying soil—foundation—structure interaction (SFSI) and wave propagation in the soil and structure. Due to its unique configuration, EuroProteas is ideal for experimental SFSI investigation.
shallow
EPS slab
2x2 pile group
2x2 pile-isolators group