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SUMMARY:Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges - Graham Webb\, Structures
  Group PhD Candidate
DTSTART:20120224T150000Z
DTEND:20120224T153000Z
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CONTACT:Lorna Everett
DESCRIPTION:In order to ensure that civil infrastructure remains safe for 
 use it is necessary to have effective monitoring and maintenance schemes. 
 This is becoming increasingly important due to both ageing infrastructure 
 and\, in the case of bridges\, increasing traffic loads. The principal met
 hod currently employed is visual inspection\, however there are a number o
 f shortcomings. Firstly\, many defects cannot be detected in this manner\,
  either because they occur in difficult to access locations of the structu
 re\, or they occur internally. Secondly\, the data collected is often high
 ly subjective and difficult to quantify in a repeatable manner\, meaning r
 esults can vary significantly between different inspectors.\n\n \n\nStruct
 ural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems are being developed to provide quanti
 tative data to infrastructure owners and aid their maintenance decisions. 
 The primary focus of existing research has been on the development of thes
 e systems to collect and store data rather than how to interpret the data 
 collected. However this is a vital step as without interpretation the data
  collected is meaningless and unable to aid the bridge manager’s decisio
 ns. This presentation will demonstrate the various challenges and difficul
 ties involved and discuss case studies being considered to investigate the
 m.\n\n
LOCATION:Engineering Department - **LR6**
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