MS 11

Vibration-based Assessment and SHM of Cultural Heritage Structures

Organizers

Carmelo Gentile,
Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Francesco Clementi,
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Paulo Lourenco,
University of Minho, Portugal

Nuno Mendes,
University of Minho, Portugal

Abstract

Ambient vibration testing and continuous dynamic monitoring are more and more frequently adopted in the assessment and preservation of Cultural Heritage structures. The Mini-Symposium is intended to focus on methodological aspects, recent developments, and applications of vibration-based assessment and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of historic structures (e.g., churches, monuments, towers, historic bridges, and infrastructures). Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Vibration-based multi-disciplinary strategies of preventive conservation and SHM;
• Design, implementation, and management of dynamic monitoring systems;
• Effects of environmental and operational variability on modal parameters;
• Artificial Intelligence for damage detection and localization;
• Vibration-based post-earthquake and seismic assessment;
• Vibration-based tuning of Finite Element (FE) models.