RICERCA ITALIANA     

Similar research programs:

• 1 - VINCES - Vibrations in Civil Engineering Structures: source of damage and discomfort, diagnostic and safety assessment tool.
• 2 - STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING OF AEROSPACE STRUCTURES
• 3 - Guide-lines for the surveillance and management of historical structures and infrastructures, with the aid of automatic innovative monitoring systems.
• 4 - Linear and nonlinear structural dynamics phenomena: from modelling to experimental tests
• 5 - Modelling and experimental tests of the dynamic behavior of flexible structures
• 6 - Monitoring and controlling ancient heritage structures: an approach based on low cost distributed technologies.
• 7 - Dynamic modeling and control of complex mechanical structures with uncertain parameters
• 8 - Wind effects on slender structures: Performance-based Optimal Design (Wi-POD)
• 9 - AEROELASTIC PHENOMENA AND OTHER DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS ON NON-CONVENTIONAL BRIDGES AND FOOTBRIDGES
• 10 - Monitoring and diagnostics of railway bridges by means of the analysis of the dynamics response due to train crossing

Scientific and education field classification

• Field: Ingegneria civile e Architettura
  • SCIENZA DELLE COSTRUZIONI
  • TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI

International Patent Classification

• FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES (of tunnels E21D)
    • CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES [N: elevated roadways] OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES (bridges extending between terminal buildings and aircraft for embarking or disembarking passengers B64F1/305; [N: tracks for special kinds of railways E01B25/00; culverts E01F5/00B])
    • PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS (derailing or rerailing blocks on track, track brakes or retarders B61K)
• PHYSICS
  • CONTROLLING; REGULATING (specially adapted to a particular field of use, see the relevant place for that field, e.g. A62C37/00, B03B13/00, B23Q)
    • CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (fluid-pressure actuators or systems acting by means of fluids in general F15B; valves per se F16K; characterised by mechanical features only G05G; sensitive elements, see the appropriate subclass, e.g. G12B, subclass of G01, H01; correcting units, see the appropriate subclass, e.g. H02K)
  • MEASURING (counting G06M); TESTING
    • MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES (generation of mechanical vibrations without measurement B06B, G10K; measuring position, direction or velocity of an object G01C, G01S; measuring quasi-steady pressure of a fluid G01L7/00; determining unbalance G01M1/14; determining properties of material by sonic or ultrasonic waves transmitted therethrough G01N; systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. acoustic imaging, G01S15/00; seismology, seismic prospecting, acoustic prospecting G01V1/00; acousto-optical devices per se G02F; obtaining records by techniques analogous to photography using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves G03B42/06; speech analysis or synthesis, speech recognition G10L; information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; piezo-electric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements in general H01L; manufacture of electromechanical resonators by processes which include measurement of frequency with consequential modification of the resonator H03H3/00, [N: H03H3/007, H03H9/00]) [C9809]

Geographical classification

• Region: Umbria

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Keywords

STRUCTURAL MONITORING, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, HEALTH MONITORING, DYNAMIC METHODS, PROBABILISTIC METHODS