Development of Structural Identification and Health Monitoring System for Structures of Crucial Importance

Sponsor:

General Secretariat of Research & Technology (PENED - ΠΕΝΕΔ 1999)

Partners:

Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, U. of Patras, Greece
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, U. of Thessaly, Greece

Objective:

Based on real measurements, we develop models for
Modal analysis and identification
Model updating
Health diagnosis (damage detection)
Application in model benchmark structures, a cable-stayed bridge (Halkis bridge, near Athens) and a concrete multistory building in Athens.

Principal Investigator:

Spyros A. Karamanos - Costas Papadimitriou

Budget:

45,500 Euros

Duration:

18 months (2000 - 2001)

Figures:

Figure 1: Chalkida cable-stayed bridge (Greece)

Figure 2: Pylon of Chalkida cable-stayed bridge (Greece)

Figure 3: four-story model building – University of British Columbia, Canada.