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SUMMARY:Light at the end of the tunnel? Distributed sensing to better unde
 rstand infrastructure - Neil Hoult - Queens University Kingston\, ON
DTSTART:20151120T150000Z
DTEND:20151120T160000Z
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CONTACT:Lorna Everett
DESCRIPTION:Refined infrastructure design and assessment is challenging du
 e to the highly indeterminate nature of most structures. However\, distrib
 uted sensing offers the opportunity to acquire enough data to potentially 
 characterize these systems. Two such sensing systems\, Digital Image Corre
 lation and distributed fibre optic strain sensors\, will be introduced. Se
 veral case studies including a buried pipe test and a reinforced concrete 
 bridge load test will be used to illustrate how distributed sensor data en
 ables an improved understanding of complex structural behaviour.\n\nNeil H
 oult is an Associate Professor at Queen’s University in Kingston\, Canad
 a. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University
  of Toronto and his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is currently 
 on sabbatical and is a Beaufort Visiting Fellow at St. John’s College\, 
 Cambridge. His research interests include structural monitoring as well as
  reinforced concrete and buried infrastructure behaviour.\n
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR5
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