Open Courses Introduction to Structural Health Monitoring

The main goal of this short course is to introduce the concept of structural health monitoring (SHM) applied to bridges and special civil structures. 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.

The course is tailored towards graduate students and/or practicing engineers working full-time in public and private institutions or consultancy companies.

Application Deadline: 12/01/2024 Session #1 - January 16, 2024 (17-20h Lisbon Time) | Introduction to SHM | Statistical pattern recognition paradigm for SHM; Session #2 - January 18, 2024 (17-20h Lisbon Time) | Data-based modeling; Session #3 - January 23, 2024 (17-20h Lisbon Time) | Hybrid data-based modeling; Session #4 - January 25, 2024 (17-20h Lisbon Time) | New technologies and applications | Limitations, grand challenges, and trends. For more information about this short course, please visit the following link: https://civilresearchgroup.ulusofona.pt/shortcourseshm/.