The main goal of this online short course is to introduce the concept of structural health monitoring (SHM) applied to bridges and special civil structures. We have a new package of upgrades for this new edition! Stay tuned!
Why bridges rather than just special structures? Because bridges are considered the main vulnerable civil structure in the last decades due to the number of structural failures observed around the world. Why SHM rather than SHM of bridges? Because most of the techniques and general procedures described are independent of the structure. Therefore, the techniques are first presented for general applications and then most of the examples are shown in the context of bridges. This manner, students can learn the general concept of SHM and apply it later on to almost any engineering structure.
Target public: The course is tailored towards graduate students and/or practicing engineers working full-time in public and private institutions or consultancy companies.
Sustainable Development Goals: This course contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9 and 13, by promoting sustainable and resilient infrastructure through the introduction of new technologies and innovation to guarantee the safety and comfort of people.
ENROLLMENT
You are able to enroll in the course (200€) here: LINK.
[Tips to fill up the online form - Type: Open Courses; Institution: Centro Universitário Lusófona - Lisboa; Course: Introduction to Structural Health Monitoring; Edition: 4th Edition (2024-25)]
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Pose the SHM in the context of a statistical pattern recognition paradigm.
- Conduct damage identification using vibration-based SHM.
- Understand the applicability of finite element modeling and machine learning for data interpretation and damage identification.
- Give hands-on experiences to speed up the learning process on SHM, running application examples in real-time.
- Understand the role of SHM to support climate change adaptation.
- Understand the goal of SHM, with current limitations, grand challenges, and future trends.
COURSE SYLLABUS
OBSERVATIONS
- For this edition, we are splitting it into seven sessions and providing an application example with all required algorithms and functions.
- Course notes will be distributed during the course.
- A Certificate of Attendance will be issued at the end of the short course.
- If you have any questions, please send us an email:
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INSTRUCTORS
Eloi Figueiredo – PhD in Civil Engineering (2010) and Full Professor at Lusófona University with over 110 publications on structural health monitoring (SHM) through books, book chapters, peer-reviewed journals, and conference proceedings; and about 90 opinion articles to promote science in our society. He is the coordinator of the Civil Research Group and has scientific collaborations with several institutions in Europe, United States, and Brazil.
Ionut Moldovan – PhD in Civil Engineering (2008), has more than 60 scientific publications, including books, book chapters and papers in international journals and conferences. He is the Principal Investigator of the Project CEN-DynaGeo, funded by the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), and lead developer of FreeHyTE, the first public, open-source and user-friendly computational platform using hybrid-Trefftz finite elements.
Michael Havbor Faber – Professor at the Department of Built Environment at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is discipline Director for Risk, Resilience and Sustainability at NIRAS A/S in Denmark, and he has a position as Chair Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology in China. From 2000-2011, he was a tenured professor at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, and from 2011-2016 he was head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Demark. His research interests are directed on probabilistic modeling and analysis of systems with applications to governance and management of risks, resilience and sustainability in the built environment. Present engagements include the Joint Committee on the GLOBE Consensus (Initiating President), the Joint Committee on Structural Safety (Past President), the WEF (member of the Global Expert Network on Risk and Resilience), the Global Risk Forum in Davos (Research Fellow), the Danish Research Council and the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences. Michael was awarded the Allin C. Cornell Award in 2019.