1. ECTP Conference Focus Area NETWORKS Helmut WENZEL Monitoring and Assessment of Infrastructures in the 7FP Versaille, 22. November 2006

2. European Structural Monitoring System • Monitoring reaches each and every construction activity. A strong coordinated European monitoring system is desirable. It shall bring the current isolated systems to a stage of harmonization where sensor networks are easily applicable and will provide the way to future embedded systems.

3. European Structural Monitoring System • A standard hardware to gain comparable structural information • The development of wireless sensor systems • The implementation of auto adaptive systems • Mobile acquisition and assessment systems • Instrumentation system intelligence • The hardware for continuous monitoring systems for damage detection • The hardware for periodic monitoring systems for damage assessment • Monitoring systems for not accessible parts of structures • Sustainable instrumentation and digital inspection hardware • Smart sensor development based on the current nanoscale PZT fibre and film technology • Cheap and reliable embedded sensors

4. Virtual Doctor for Structures Nerves Pain Data Virtual Pain

5. Condition of the Bridge, Security ? Do we have a European Answer ?

6. System Identification Methodology • Considerable progress has been made in structural system identification. During this development the open questions, research gaps and technology development needs have been defined. There is the necessity to create the missing basic knowledge. This research work shall be linked to the development of tools for practical application.

7. System Identification Methodology • The information gained from satellite images on structural exposure • The identification of total systems going beyond structural elements • The role of non structural elements • The identification of soil strata and groundwater tables • Soil structure interaction measured by monitoring • Damage detection algorithms • Damage assessment algorithms • Damage localisation algorithms • Time domain methodologies for assessment • Realistic application of neural networks and fuzzy logic

8. Svinesund Bridge, Sweden

9. Fallbeispiele: WM Stadion Nürnberg