Structural Health Monitoring and Management of Cultural Heritage Structures: A State-of-the-Art Review

In the last decades, the urgency to protect and upgrade cultural heritage structures (CHS) has become of primary importance for their unique value and potential impact areas (economic, social, cultural and environmental). Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and the management of CHS are emerging as decisive safeguard measures aiming to assess the actual state of conservation and integrity of the structure. Moreover, the data collected from SHM are essential to plan cost-effective and sustainable maintenance decisions in compliance with the basic preservation principles for historical buildings, such as minimum intervention. It is evident that, compared to new buildings, the application of SHM to CHS is even more challenging because of the uniqueness of each monitored structure and the need to respect their architectural and historical value. This paper aims to present a state-of-the-art of the current traditional and innovative SHM techniques adopted for CHS and identify future research trends. First, a general introduction to using monitoring strategies and technologies for CHS is presented. After that, various traditional SHM techniques currently used in CHS are described. Then, the attention is focused on the most recent technologies, such as fibre optic sensors and smart-sensing materials. Finally, an overview of innovative methods and tools for managing and controlling SHM data is provided, including IoT-SHM systems and BIM in heritage structures.

ROSSI Michela;  BOURNAS Dionysios; 

2023-06-08

MDPI

JRC133138

2076-3417 (online),   

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/11/6450,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133138,   

10.3390/app13116450 (online),