Conveners
Keynote Lectures
- Masoud Motavalli (Empa, Switzerland)
- Alper Ilki (ITU, Turkey)
Keynote Lectures
- Moslem Shahverdi (Empa, Switzerland)
- Enzo Martinelli (University of Salerno, Italy)
Keynote Lectures
- Masoud Motavalli (Empa, Switzerland)
- Enzo Martinelli (University of Salerno, Italy)
Seismic isolation and/or supplemental energy dissipation is used in Italy since the 1970s in new structures. However, the applications of these technologies in existing buildings became relatively common after the destructive 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.
Seismic isolation, when feasible, is the most effective retrofit technique, thanks to strong reduction of accelerations and interstorey drifts,...
Civil infrastructure inspection -and consequently maintenance- is carried out primarily through visual inspections. AI-enhanced (Artificial Intelligence) digital inspection methods, integrated with risk-based probabilistic approaches, have been promoted to keep existing structures, especially infrastructures, safe and predictable. Drones are used to obtain a significant number of images to...
During the assessment of our civil infrastructure, engineers collect vital information in the form of images, structural drawings, readings (from sensors), and make informed decisions about the state of the structure supported on this information. Deep learning and computer vision have proved powerful tools for automating the information extraction from these data sources and supporting the...
Over the past three decades, the application of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP) in the post-strengthening of civil structures mainly in the form of externally bonded CFRP sheets and near surface mounted CFRP strips has evolved significantly. While steel tendons still dominate the field of external post-tensioning for the rehabilitation of structures, recent breakthroughs in the...
Detecting and quantifying local anomalies over large areas poses a significant challenge in structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure. Conventional practice relying on strategic placement of discrete sensors demands comprehensive prior knowledge of susceptible regions. Correlating localized flaws to changes in global measurements such as vibration characteristics remains difficult...
Management of stocks with large number of bridges is a relevant issue for the Italian roadway system. In the last years the use of integrated SHM (Structural Health Monitoring) systems is being introduced within the framework of the modern BMS (Bridge Management Systems) with the aim of implementing a continuous damage identification strategy. In this framework, ambient vibration-based SHM has...
