Towards the integration of structural health monitoring and nondestructive testing in civil engineering

Researchers in recent years have successfully leveraged Non-Destructive Evaluation and the Structural Health Monitoring to assess the condition of civil infrastructures. This and many other ongoing efforts show how the government, research and industry stakeholders are increasingly accepting and relying on technology to help infrastructure owners in managing their infrastructure.

Abstract: Researchers in recent years have successfully leveraged Non-Destructive Evaluation and the Structural Health Monitoring to assess the condition of civil infrastructures. This and many other ongoing efforts show how the government, research and industry stakeholders are increasingly accepting and relying on technology to help infrastructure owners in managing their infrastructure.

Recent research conducted on Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of structural components and the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of systems that are common in civil infrastructures is presented. This presentation discusses how technology could be effectively leveraged while recognizing the various mechanisms of uncertainty that prevail in any field application. Challenges include environmental and operational variability during data collection, complexity and variability of geometry and materials used in civil engineering assets, operator skills and training, equipment needs and calibration, time and budget constraints, and especially, data interpretation, fusion and proper visualization to provide clear guidance to infrastructure owners. Additional challenges include transforming the bridge inspection industry by making NDE and SHM more accessible, proving the value of technology leveraging in terms of payoff. The author will provide his point of view on how technology could be leveraged and integrated to support the asset management of bridge infrastructures.

Bio: Ivan Bartoli received his Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy in 2001, where he worked until 2002 as a researcher. In 2003 he joined the Structural Engineering Department of the University of California, San Diego where he earned an M.S. degree in 2005, a Ph.D. degree in 2007 and he worked as Assistant Project Scientist until Sept 2010.
Dr. Bartoli has joined the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University in 2010. His areas of expertise include dynamics and vibrations of structural components, and ultrasonic guided waves for Non-Destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring. He has developed techniques for dynamic testing of civil and aerospace structures, and analytical/numerical modeling for ultrasonic guided wave propagation.

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