Final Report

This technical report is produced as part of the deliverables of the exploratory research project MITICA (European Commission Joint Research Centre) which investigates innovative methods for the indirect monitoring of European bridges in line with the EU priority of "A Europe fit for the digital age". This is achieved by exploiting the technological advances in vehicles and sensors with the scope of addressing the ageing problem in the European infrastructure. In this respect, an experimental drive-by monitoring campaign is performed under laboratory-controlled conditions using a full-scale bridge-like structure of 9-meter long and a lightweight vehicle equipped with sensors. Additional sensors are installed onto the bridge specimen to provide a controlled experimental environment and offer a conventional monitoring solution for verification purposes. The signal acquisition is based on a power-autonomous wireless sensor network, enabling the maximum flexibility within the roving monitoring experimental testing. In this report, a detailed description of the MITICA experimental campaign is presented, It is experimentally demonstrated that the iSHM methods are case-specific, depending on the dynamic properties of the two systems involved. The obtained research findings highlight the limitations and constraints within iSHM methods as experimentally identified, and show the direction for future work.

GKOKTSI Kyriaki;  BONO Flavio;  TIRELLI Daniel;  ANTHOINE Armelle;  VAGLICA Giovanni;  RENALDI Graziano; 

2025-01-27

Publications Office of the European Union

JRC128594

978-92-76-57405-7 (online),    978-92-76-57404-0 (print),   

1831-9424 (online),    1018-5593 (print),   

EUR 31241 EN,    OP KJ-NA-31-241-EN-N (online),    OP KJ-NA-31-241-EN-C (print),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128594,   

10.2760/889925 (online),    10.2760/885748 (print),