The Eric Tabarly bridge in Nantes is a 210 m long cable-stayed road bridge crossing the Loire River, that was inaugurated in 2011. It is composed of a 27 m wide steel deck divided into two spans by a 57 m high steel pylon, being the main span 143 m long. In the context of the European Research Project DESDE-MONA (DEtection of Steel DEfects by Enhanced MONitoring and Automated procedure for self-inspection and m...
The Laboratory of Vibrations and Structural Monitoring (ViBest, www.fe.up.pt/vibest ) of CONSTRUCT/FEUP has been implementing, since 2007, a significant set of long-term dynamic monitoring systems in large Civil structures with different typologies (e.g. roadway, railway and pedestrian bridges, stadia suspension roofs, wind turbines, concrete dams or high voltage transmission lines). This paper briefly describe...
Civil engineering structures are generally supposed to have long operation life spans during which they are submitted to many factors, both environmentally and human-induced, that degrade their condition and performance, gradually leading to the occurrence of damages and malfunctions. Therefore, systems capable of monitoring and assessing structural performance automatically are highly desirable.& nbsp; In this...
The Laboratory of Vibrations and Structural Monitoring (ViBest) of FEUP is presently responsible by the development of the research project DAM-AGE (Advanced Online Dynamic Structural Health Monitoring of Concrete Dams). One of the first tasks of this project consists on the performance of ambient vibration tests on concrete dams with different typologies and stiffness characteristics and on the application of ...