HEALTH MONITORING OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURESContinuing Professional Development 2-Day Course

This course focuses on the state-of-the-art methods and techniques in assessing the health status of civil engineering structures such as buildings and bridges. The present course is designed to fill the gap between the theoretical knowledge and its applications to civil engineering by providing sufficient insights into the relationship between the problems encountered in practice and the associated theory in the areas of vehicle-bridge interaction (VBI), moving load, impact factor, resonance, optimal span length, elastic bearing, riding comfort, frequency, mode shape, damping, vibration measurement, structural damage detection and so on. The course is not intended to discuss or solve specific bridge engineering problems or their solution by commercial codes.

Prof Yeong-Bin YangChongqing University

The course is aimed at researchers, engineers and scientists engaged in the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and damage detection of civil engineering structures such as buildings and bridges.

Participants are assumed to have knowledge of the basic principles of structural mechanics and structural dynamics; some knowledge of the finite element method is an advantage but not essential.

Assoc Prof Paul Heung-Fai LamCity University of Hong Kong

Dr Lihai ZhangUniversity of Melbourne

Prof CM WangUniversity of QueenslandSchool of Civil Engineeringcm.wang@uq.edu.au

Wed 11th & Thu 12th April 20189:00am - 6:00pm

When

The University of QueenslandSchool of Civil EngineeringSt Lucia, Building 78Level 3, Room 343

Where

Suggested reference material:Yang, Y.B., Yau, J.D. & Wu, Y.S. Vehicle-bridge Interaction Dynam-ics - with applications to High-Speed RailwaysWorld Scientific, Singapore, 2004

Materials

CONTACT

Interested professionals should register & complete payment no later than April 3rd, 2018.

Fees

Full rate: $800

Student rate: $540

Group rate (5 or more): $600pp

Please enquire about discounted rates for UQ Staff and Students.

All prices include GST.

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Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Describe the key parameters that govern impact and resonance effects on a bridge under moving loads and select the optimal bridge span length to minimize vibrations from moving loads.

Understand the behaviour of elastic bearings (commonly used in mitigating seismic forces) and curved beams under moving loads.

Appreciate the application of state-of-the-art technology in the identification of existing structural damage, using moving vehicle tests to detect the frequencies and mode shapes of a bridge.

Obtain global knowledge on vehicle-bridge interaction (VBI) dynamics, finite element simulation, and applications to traditional and highspeed railways. Apply the latest vibration monitoring equipment and modelling techniques for for structural damage detection in a variety of civil engineering structures.

Prof Yang received his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1984. His areas of expertise include structural non-linear theory and analysis, vehicle-bridge interaction dynamics, and train-induced wave propagation. He is a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the International Association of Computation Mechanics (IACM).He has received a multitude of academic awards, including the Munro Prize from Engineering Structures, Tsuboi Award from International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), and the Nishino Medal from EASEC.

A five-time recipient of the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council, Taiwan, Prof Yang has published more than 210 refereed journal papers and is recognized among the 150 most cited global researchers in civil engineering (Shanghai ranking). He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics (IJSSD). He also serves on the Editorial Board of several journals including Engineering Structures, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, and Advanced Steel Construction.

A faculty member in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lam has published over 70 referred journal papers and delivered 5 keynotes and over 30 invited lectures. He has received over HK$39,000,000 research grants.

Dr. Lam is the Guest Editor of Special Issue on Structural Assessment and Health Monitoring in International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics (IJSSD), an editorial board member for International Journal of Lifecycle Performance Engineering, and the review editor for Structural Sensing of Frontiers in Built Environment.

Dr. Lam is the President of the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM) with effective on 1 April 2018. He was elected as the General Secretary of the International Steering Committee of the East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction. Dr. Lam is a committee member of the IASC-ASCE Task Group on Structural Health Monitoring, and the System Identification and Structural Control of the International Association of Structural Safety and Reliability.

In engineering education, Dr. Lam has received over one million teaching grants. He is current Chairman (Education and Training) of the Hong Kong Construction Metal Structures Association (HKCMSA) and received the Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) in 2008.

Professor Yeong-Bin Yang

Honorary Dean of Civil Engineering Chongqing University

Professor Emeritus National Taiwan University

Associate Professor Paul Heung-Fai Lam

Dept of Architecture and Civil EngineeringCity University Hong Kong

COURSE LEADERS

HEALTH MONITORING OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURESContinuing Professional Development 2-Day Course

KEY RESEARCH

Structural non-linear theory & analysis

Vehicle-bridge interaction dynamics

Train-induced wave propagation

KEY RESEARCH

Structural dynamics

Vibration measurement

Structural model updating and damage detection

Bayesian system idenfication

Design and analysis of vertical axis wind turbines.

Dr Zhang gained more than 10 years experience as a civil-structural engineer in Singapore and China before receiving his PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2009. He now leads the bridge research group at University of Melbourne, making valuable contributions in the area of life-cycle performance of bridges using innovative Engineering Reliability approach in conjunction with advanced non-destructive testing techniques. He has published around 90 technical papers in journals including Engineering Structures, Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, International Journal of Impact Engineering, and International Journal of Solids and Structures. He sits on the editorial boards of of various academic journals including the International Journal of Applied Mechanics (World Scientific).

Dr Zhang has established successful collaborations in Australia with VicRoads, Roads and Maritime Services and Metro Train. Internationally, he has established collaborations with the Chongqing IdealTech Co. Ltd., China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation and the Australia-Indonesia Centre, acting as lead CI for the latter two grant schemes. He has served in the committees of many international scientific conferences, including the Chair of the 3rd International Symposium on Frontiers in Applied Mechanics.

Dr Lihai Zhang

Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University

COURSE LEADERS

HEALTH MONITORING OF CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURESContinuing Professional Development 2-Day Course

KEY RESEARCH

Life-cycle performance of bridges

Advanced non-destructive testing techniques

9:00 Registration Registration

10:00 Introduction to Structural Assessment and Health Monitoring Moving load problems

11:00 Morning Tea / Coffee Break Morning Tea / Coffee Break

11:15 Vibration Measurement and Modal Identification Dynamic load allowance for bridges

13:00 Lunch Lunch

14:00 Structural model updating Using test vehicle to measure bridge dynamic properties

15:30 Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea

16:00 Life-cycle structural performance assessment of bridges Damage detection of bridge by vehicle-based measurement

18:00 Closing Remark by Prof CM Wang Closing Remarks by Prof CM Wang

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