Concrete Health Monitoring: A New, Simplified Approach to SHM Analysis
Hello. Hallo. Ciao. In my previous blog [ First secondment at ISAMGEO, Italy ], I talked about my PhD research topic and the opportunity to learn new skills through the secondment and industrial pieces of training. Now, I'm excited to share the progress of my research, which I recently presented at the ISMA 2024 Conference in Leuven, Belgium. The core of this research focuses on enhancing structural health monitoring (SHM) for concrete infrastructure—a critical area to ensure the safety and longevity of structures, especially amid changing environmental conditions. The Challenge of Environmental Compensation in SHM Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems play a crucial role in detecting damage in structures by using embedded sensors that continuously track changes in material conditions. However, these sensors are highly sensitive to environmental conditions, particularly temperature variations, which can lead to misinterpretations or “false-positive” damage alerts. For concre...